Highway Robbery
“I don’t know if that makes sense, but sometimes a bit of kindness goes further than a meat pie. And to be trusted too. To be given a bit of responsibility. That can make you feel like a man even if you’re only as high as a man’s elbow.
And that horse, sir. I don’t think I’d actually ever held one before that. Most horses I see are pulling carts and they don’t need anyone to hold them. If the driver gets down to make a delivery or to go for a pint of ale, those carthorses just wait there until h...e comes back. And as for carriage horses, the footmen won’t let the likes of me anywhere near them. I don’t know why. Maybe they’re afraid I’d give them fleas or something. But there I was, holding this horse, and she was huge! Sixteen hands if she was an inch. And so beautiful. Her nostrils were red as cornfield poppies. Her eyes were wide and bright with the excitement of the gallop and she kept looking this way and that, as though she was still seeing the countryside speeding past.MoreLess
And that horse, sir. I don’t think I’d actually ever held one before that. Most horses I see are pulling carts and they don’t need anyone to hold them. If the driver gets down to make a delivery or to go for a pint of ale, those carthorses just wait there until h...e comes back. And as for carriage horses, the footmen won’t let the likes of me anywhere near them. I don’t know why. Maybe they’re afraid I’d give them fleas or something. But there I was, holding this horse, and she was huge! Sixteen hands if she was an inch. And so beautiful. Her nostrils were red as cornfield poppies. Her eyes were wide and bright with the excitement of the gallop and she kept looking this way and that, as though she was still seeing the countryside speeding past.MoreLess
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