“We ride a horse?” she said.
“What, bareback?” he asked.
“You say?” She did not understand.
“With no saddle?”
“No saddle — yes — no saddle.”
“Coop, lass!” he said to the mare, and in a minute he had her by the forelock, and was leading her down to the stacks, where he put a halter on her. She was a big, strong mare. Maurice seated the Fr�ulein, clambered himself in front of the girl, using the wheel of the wagon as a mount, and together they trotted uphill, she holding lightly round his waist. From the crest of the hill they looked round.
The sky was darkening with an