Storm Music (1934) (2014)
“All her talk was of the Countess— of her wisdom and understanding of her lively beauty and charm, and since she had seen her christened, she had memories by the hundred to illustrate all she said.
That day she spoke of Helena's excellent rule, which was lighter than that of her father and yet most just. She could strike, too, if need be— if a lesson had to be taught. A year ago from a distance, she had seen a man in the meadows ill-using a horse.
"I can see her now," said the dame. "It ...seemed that her face was frozen, and when she spoke her voice was as cold as death. By her orders the bell was rung to summon the hands, and she waited in silence on the apron, with my man standing beside her and knowing no more than did I what the matter might be. There she sat on her grey, till all that could be spared had come in. Then she pointed with her whip to the man that had done the mischief and bade him stand out.
"Very quietly, then, she recounted what she had seen.MoreLess
That day she spoke of Helena's excellent rule, which was lighter than that of her father and yet most just. She could strike, too, if need be— if a lesson had to be taught. A year ago from a distance, she had seen a man in the meadows ill-using a horse.
"I can see her now," said the dame. "It ...seemed that her face was frozen, and when she spoke her voice was as cold as death. By her orders the bell was rung to summon the hands, and she waited in silence on the apron, with my man standing beside her and knowing no more than did I what the matter might be. There she sat on her grey, till all that could be spared had come in. Then she pointed with her whip to the man that had done the mischief and bade him stand out.
"Very quietly, then, she recounted what she had seen.MoreLess
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