The Game And the Governess
“Sadly, ‘equine’ does not have a ‘w’ in it.” Phoebe corrected her slate of vocabulary words with a smile. Since Rose was denied riding lessons today, as the entire house party had gone into Hollyhock, disappointment abounded in the schoolroom. As did inattention. To combat this, Phoebe had turned every single subject into a horse-related lesson.All mathematic problems involved adding and subtracting horses in the field (multiplication of horses, she did not wish to get into). All vocabulary and ...spelling lessons were with horse-related words. Henry had even drawn a rather impressive—for a six-year-old—picture of Mr. Turner’s mare.“You do not wish to draw Abandon?” she had asked, a little surprised.But young, thoughtful Henry had just shrugged. “I like Mr. Turner’s horse.”Yes, Phoebe thought to herself, she liked Mr. Turner’s horse too. And Mr. Turner, for that matter. But before she let herself get too lost on contemplating that subject, she turned from Henry and began to work with Rose on her spelling, and forced herself to be occupied with her occupation.“You are quite proficient at all the tack-related words,”MoreLess
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