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`` Yes , '' said Hardy . `` She asked me , and I said it was possible . '' Hardy said this in so strong a manner that it was even apparent to Herr Jensen that he did not wish the conversation extended , so Herr Jensen proposed a cigar and an adjournment to his own room . Hardy left at six o'clock , and rode to Vandstrup . On his way thither an occurrence happened that Hardy never forgot . Hardy , followed by Garth , had ridden on to within an English mile of Vandstrup , when he saw a waggon overturned , and a man lying underneath it . The horses were kicking in their harness , as they lay in the ditch by the roadside .