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`` I feel stiff and tired myself , and you must be almost made of iron to have ridden one hundred and forty miles almost without halting . '' `` If anyone had told me that I could do it , I should not have believed him . Of course one is on horseback a good many hours a day . Often , after going round the farm , I start at two or three o'clock and ride into Greytown and back ; but that is only a matter of some fifteen miles each way . Still , when one has got seven men 's lives depending upon one , one makes a big effort . '' `` I tell you what , Mr. Searle . The best thing you can do is to strip and lie down .