The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots
“She arrived one day, brought to Wingfield Manor by two messengers wearing the Norfolk livery of green and silver.
All the grooms and stable boys gathered around to admire her, stroking her velvety coat, rubbing her nose, admiring the way her tail was braided, remarking over her hooves, which were striped black and white.
She was small, a woman’s riding horse rather than a man’s, and she seemed to favor me as I approached her and held out my hand. She nuzzled me and made soft snuffling sounds. I... could not wait to ride her.
I had ridden many horses, but had not had a favorite since my dear Bravane had grown old and broken a fetlock and had to be shot. How I had mourned him that day! Now, I thought, here is another favorite to love.
Presently my warders George and Bess came out into the courtyard.
“Another gift from your admirer,” Bess said, glancing at the messengers in their Norfolk liveries and then down at my hand to assure herself that I was wearing Thomas’s diamond ring.
“A fine jennet,”MoreLess
All the grooms and stable boys gathered around to admire her, stroking her velvety coat, rubbing her nose, admiring the way her tail was braided, remarking over her hooves, which were striped black and white.
She was small, a woman’s riding horse rather than a man’s, and she seemed to favor me as I approached her and held out my hand. She nuzzled me and made soft snuffling sounds. I... could not wait to ride her.
I had ridden many horses, but had not had a favorite since my dear Bravane had grown old and broken a fetlock and had to be shot. How I had mourned him that day! Now, I thought, here is another favorite to love.
Presently my warders George and Bess came out into the courtyard.
“Another gift from your admirer,” Bess said, glancing at the messengers in their Norfolk liveries and then down at my hand to assure herself that I was wearing Thomas’s diamond ring.
“A fine jennet,”MoreLess
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