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The sheik waited, well satisfied, until Ben-Hur drew his horses off the field for the forenoon -- well satisfied, for he had seen them, after being put through all the other paces, run full speed in such manner that it did not seem there were one the slowest and another the fastest -- run in other words, as if the four were one.
"This afternoon, O sheik, I will give Sirius back to you. " Ben-Hur patted the neck of the old horse as he spoke. "I will give him back, and take to the chariot."