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Come along with me . '' `` But I ca n't take you off the mountain , '' said Phineas . `` Then you must allow me to take you off . '' So Mr. Kennedy led the way down to Donald Bean 's cottage , and before three o'clock Phineas found himself mounted on a shaggy steed , which , in sober truth , was not much bigger than a large dog . `` If Mr. Kennedy is really my rival , '' said Phineas to himself , as he trotted along , `` I almost think that I am doing an unhandsome thing in taking the pony . '' At five o'clock he was under the portico before the front door , and there he found Lady Laura waiting for him , -- waiting for him , or at least ready for him . She had on her hat and gloves and light shawl , and her parasol was in her hand .