"In a steeplechase it all depends on riding and on pluck," said the Englishman.

Of pluck--that is, energy and courage--Vronsky did not merely feel that he had enough; what was of far more importance, he was firmly convinced that no one in the world could have more of this "pluck" than he had.

"Don't you think I want more thinning down?" "Oh, no," answered the Englishman.

" Please, don't speak loud.

The mare's fidgety," he added, nodding towards the horse-box, before which they were standing, and from which came the sound of restless stamping in the straw.