Following Professor Huxley's guidance, we trace the pedigree downwards, thus: firstly, there is the true horse.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
firstly I didn't know where you were, and then, of course, it was the proper thing to send word first to her husband.
"The Silent Mill"
Hermann Sudermann
And now, as he was dressing for dinner, two things occupied his mind: firstly, his father; in the second place, the situation that he was to face in half-an-hour's time.
"The Wooden Horse"
Hugh Walpole