“The head coachman stalked off the moment Hugh left. Later, she found him standing at the barn door smoking a pipe and complaining about the new trainer demanding his own room. The head groom, eager for the honor of caring for England’s most expensive horse, grew enraged when Ellie insisted on supervising Manifesto’s stall arrangements. The stallion’s behavior soon changed the groom’s mind, however. The horse left an ugly mark on the man’s arm with a vicious bite. By nightfall, Ellie sat... on a bale of hay outside Manifesto’s stall staring at nothing. Exhaustion from the excitement of the day, the spanking she’d received from Hugh, and bucking the resistance of the Davenport hands had made her ache in every bone. She felt filthy, her bottom hurt, her hair was full of hay, and she still didn’t have a bed. The barn quieted as the last stable hands left. All that could be heard was the soft munching of horses, the occasional hoofbeat, and the thud of barn cats as they left their hiding places to hunt.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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