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No time has been lost , for that is eighty miles away , and it is but five o'clock now . How far have you brought this despatch , sir ? '' `` I have brought it from Elmside , general ; twenty miles on the other side of Bath . A trooper brought it in just at midday , with orders for me to carry it on at once . '' `` That is good work , '' the general said . `` You have ridden over fifty miles in five hours . You must be well mounted , sir . ''