Words of Command (Hervey 12) (Matthew Hervey)
“Hervey acknowledged, ruefully. Jessye was long gone – Jessye the ‘covert hack’, as his richer fellow cornets had called her, fit only to ride to the meet, not to hunt. But she’d carried him the better part of the battle that day, when Nero had fallen to French shell (and he with him – and escaping a coup de grâce by the closest of shaves), and not once had he wished for another.
‘Handsome is as handsome does.’ ‘As you have often said,’ replied Fairbrother, with a knowing smile.
But Ajax – or ‘G...reater’ Ajax as Hervey insisted – was indeed a handsome horse: liver-chestnut, sixteen hands, seven-eighths bred (with Cleveland for strength), rising nine and gelded as a yearling, he possessed every quality required of the battle charger of a commanding officer of light dragoons. And although Hervey had paid a good deal more for him than he’d hoped, the price was a good deal less than General Gifford would have got in Leicestershire. And Dolly, a nice-looking bay mare bought from his new brother-in-law, the baron, served him very well as second charger.MoreLess
‘Handsome is as handsome does.’ ‘As you have often said,’ replied Fairbrother, with a knowing smile.
But Ajax – or ‘G...reater’ Ajax as Hervey insisted – was indeed a handsome horse: liver-chestnut, sixteen hands, seven-eighths bred (with Cleveland for strength), rising nine and gelded as a yearling, he possessed every quality required of the battle charger of a commanding officer of light dragoons. And although Hervey had paid a good deal more for him than he’d hoped, the price was a good deal less than General Gifford would have got in Leicestershire. And Dolly, a nice-looking bay mare bought from his new brother-in-law, the baron, served him very well as second charger.MoreLess
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