that the brute came to the with less of courage as if there had at last come into his brain the dawning of a fear of that which rid him and which all his madness could not from its throne upon his back by god cried more than one of the seeing this despite the animal s fury the beast g way he gives way she has him and john shutting his teeth cut short an oath and turned pale as death from that moment her victory was a thing assured the of strength became less desperate and having once begun to learn his lesson the brute was made to learn it well his bearing was a thing superb to behold once taught obedience there would scarce be a horse like him in the whole of england and day by day this he learned from her and being mastered was put through his paces and led to answer to the rein so that he trotted galloped and leaped as a bird flies then as the town had come to see him fight for freedom it came to see him adorn the victory of the being who had conquered him and over their dishes of tea in the afternoon a lady of quality and beauties of fashion of the interest ing and exciting event and there were ladies who vowed they could not have beaten a brute so and that surely my lady must have looked hot and while she did it and have had the air of a great rough man and there were some pretty and even quarrels when the men swore that never had she looked so magnificent a beauty and so the hearts of all beholding her on the first day after her s last battle with her horse the one which ended in such tory to her that she rode him home hard through the streets without an outbreak he white with and marked with but his large eye holding in its velvet a look which seemed almost like a human thought � on the day after there occurred a thing which gave the town new matter to talk of his grace of had been in france called there by business of the state and during his absence the gossip concerning the horse devil had taken the place of that which had before touched on himself twas not announced that he was to return to england and indeed there were those who speaking with authority said that for two weeks at least his affairs abroad would not be brought to a close and yet on this morning as my lady rode a lady of quality the trees holding devil well in hand and watching him with eagle of eye many looking on in wait for the moment when the brute might break forth suddenly again a was seen approaching at a pace so rapid that twas on the verge of a gallop and the first man who beheld him looked amazed and lifted his hat and the next seeing him spoke to another who bowed with him and all along the line of hats were removed and people wore the air of seeing a man unexpectedly and hearing a name spoken in exclamation by his side sir john looked round and beheld ride by my lord duke of the sun was shining brilliantly and all the park was gay with bright warmth and of turf and trees felt the glow of the summer morning her being she kept her watch upon her beast but he was going well and in her soul she knew that he was beaten and that her victory had been beheld by the one man who knew that it meant to her that which it seemed to mean also to himself and filled with this thought and the joy of it she rode beneath the trees and so was riding with splendid spirit when she heard a horse behind her and looked up as it drew near and the rich crimson swept over her in a sweet flood so that it seemed to her she thought she felt it warm on her very a lady of quality shoulders her habit for twas s self who had followed and reached her and un covered keeping pace by her side ah what a face he had and how his eyes burned as they rested on her it was such a look she met that for a moment she could not find speech and he himself spoke as a man who through some deep emotion has almost lost his breath my lady he began and then with a sudden passion my beloved the time had come when he could not keep silence and with g eat of her heart she knew yet not one word said she for she could not but her beauty glowing and quivering under his eyes great fire answered enough were it not that i fear for your sake the beast you ride he said i would lay my hand upon his bridle that i might crush your hand in mine at post haste i have come from france hearing this thing � that you every day that which i love so madly my god beloved cruel cruel woman � sure you must know she answered with a breathless wild surrender yes yes she gasped i know and yet you this danger knowing that you might leave me a man for life but she said with a smile whose melting a lady of quality seemed akin to tears � but see how i have mastered him � and all is passed yes yes he said as you have conquered all � as you have conquered and did from the first hour but forbid that you should make me so again your grace she said faltering i � i will not forgave me for the tempest of my passion he said twas 