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It would be regiments of raw backs the first fortnight of a campaign . ' The earl discoursed on saddles ; and passed to high eulogy of our Hanoverian auxiliary troopers in the Peninsula ; ` good husbands , ' he named them quaintly , speaking of their management of their beasts . Thence he diverged to Frederic 's cavalry , rarely matched for shrewdness and endurance ; to the deeds of the Liechtenstein Hussars ; to the great things Blucher did with his horsemen . The subject was interesting ; but Weyburn saw the clock at past the half after ten . He gave a slight sign of restiveness , and was allowed to go when the earl had finished his pro and con upon Arab horses and Mameluke saddles . Lord Ormont nicked his head , just as at their first interview : he was known to have an objection to the English shaking of hands . ` Good-morning , ' he said ; adding a remark or two , of which et cetera may stand for an explicit rendering .