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The servants knew very well what the count meant when he said, "Drive fast! " The coachman, on such occasions, made his horses literally go as fast as they could; and, but for his great skill, the foot-passengers would have been in considerable danger. Nevertheless, on this evening Count Ville-Handry twice lowered the window to call out, --
"Don't drive at a walk!"