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Nicht einmal das härteste Hürdenrennen hatte mich je so gründlich um meine Kraft gebracht, nicht einmal die, die ich verloren hatte, weil ich nicht fit genug gewesen war.
The hardest steeplechase had never demolished me so completely, even those I’d lost from being unfit.
Da Rittmeister Ortolan sich für seine Heldentaten verbürgt hatte, war er beruhigt und ritt seine Stute mit stolzgeblähter Brust trocken, immer langsam im Kreis um die versammelte Schwadron herum, ganz wie nach einem Hürdenrennen.
Now that Ortolan had authenticated his exploit, his mind was at rest, so he rode off some distance and cooled off his mare by circling slowly around the assembled squadron as if he were just coming in from a steeplechase.
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