" To tell you the truth,’ repeated Sarah coldly, ‘she had a fright, and the bandboxes broke loose.’
‘What frightened her?’
‘A Headless Horseman,’ said Sarah. He was frowning again.
‘Headless Horseman? Fiddlesticks!’
‘Very well,’ said Sarah, as one making a concession, ‘then it was a dragon. "

― Georgette Heyer , The Talisman Ring