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protested Diggs , turning his serious face , flushed from the long ride , upon the Major . `` I was too busy thinking we should never get here ; and we were lost once , were n't we , Beau ? '' he asked of Dan . `` Well , I for one am safely housed for the night , doctor , '' declared the rector , with an uneasy glance through the window , `` and I trust that Mrs. Blake 's reproach will melt before the snow does . But what 's that about being lost , Dan ? '' `` Oh , we got off the road , '' replied Dan ; `` but I gave Prince Rupert the rein and he brought us in . The sense that horse has got makes me fairly ashamed of going to college in his place ; and I may as well warn you , Mr. Blake , that when I get ready to go to Heaven , I sha n't seek your guidance at all -- I 'll merely nose Prince Rupert at the Bible and give him his head . ''