Waltz With a Stranger
““This is Tamar. She’s very gentle,” Trevenan said as they paused before the horse’s stall. “An ideal mount for a lady, and an unashamed sweet tooth,” he added, producing two lumps of sugar from his coat pocket and passing one to Aurelia.
The mare whickered and bowed her head, lipping up the sugar from their outstretched palms. “She’s lovely,” Aurelia said softly. “A milk-white mare, straight out of a fairy tale.”
“We’d call her a grey, here.”
Aurelia shook her head at this prosaic s...tatement and stroked Tamar’s velvety nose. The mare rolled a liquid dark eye at her, and she smiled. “So, this is the horse you had in mind?”
“The very one,” Trevenan confirmed. “My cousin Jessica rides Tamar on her visits here, and she’s never come to grief. And I can see the two of you have already taken to each other.”
“I think,” Aurelia took a breath to calm the butterflies in her stomach, and continued gamely, “I think Tamar and I will get along famously.”MoreLess
The mare whickered and bowed her head, lipping up the sugar from their outstretched palms. “She’s lovely,” Aurelia said softly. “A milk-white mare, straight out of a fairy tale.”
“We’d call her a grey, here.”
Aurelia shook her head at this prosaic s...tatement and stroked Tamar’s velvety nose. The mare rolled a liquid dark eye at her, and she smiled. “So, this is the horse you had in mind?”
“The very one,” Trevenan confirmed. “My cousin Jessica rides Tamar on her visits here, and she’s never come to grief. And I can see the two of you have already taken to each other.”
“I think,” Aurelia took a breath to calm the butterflies in her stomach, and continued gamely, “I think Tamar and I will get along famously.”MoreLess
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