sasibhaskar
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“Frightened me?" Rosas repeated. "Me, who've tamed horses in the South and then tamed an entire country?"
For the first time, Quiroga smiled.
"I know," he slowly said, "from the impartial testimony of your peons and seconds-in-command, that you did more than one pretty turn on horseback, but back in those days, across the Americas—and on horseback, too—other pretty turns were done in places named Chacabuco and Junin and Palma Redondo and Caseros.”
The above passage is from the book “Collected Fictions” by Jorge Luis Borges. I just wanted to know what it means by the sentence/words in bold. Could anyone help me out with this?
Thank you.
For the first time, Quiroga smiled.
"I know," he slowly said, "from the impartial testimony of your peons and seconds-in-command, that you did more than one pretty turn on horseback, but back in those days, across the Americas—and on horseback, too—other pretty turns were done in places named Chacabuco and Junin and Palma Redondo and Caseros.”
The above passage is from the book “Collected Fictions” by Jorge Luis Borges. I just wanted to know what it means by the sentence/words in bold. Could anyone help me out with this?
Thank you.