"O my sweet!" he said inwardly to Frou-Frou, as he listened for what was happening behind.

" He's cleared it!" he thought, catching the thud of Gladiator's hoofs behind him.

There remained only the last ditch, filled with water and five feet wide.

Vronsky did not even look at it, but anxious to get in a long way first began sawing away at the reins, lifting the mare's head and letting it go in time with her paces.