From Dracula by Bram Stoker
"The carriage went at a hard pace straight along, then we made a complete turn and....."
I'm just confused by what this 'hard pace' is supposed to mean. Does this mean that the pace was unchanging and steady? (guessing by the feeling of the adjective) or is it using a different meaning of 'hard' that I do not know?
"The carriage went at a hard pace straight along, then we made a complete turn and....."
I'm just confused by what this 'hard pace' is supposed to mean. Does this mean that the pace was unchanging and steady? (guessing by the feeling of the adjective) or is it using a different meaning of 'hard' that I do not know?