So perfect was the mare's
action that the girl was scarcely conscious of any increased effort; so
harmonious the whole movement that the light skeleton wagon seemed only
a prolonged process of that long, slim body and free, collarless neck,
both straight as the thin shafts on each side and straighter than the
delicate ribbon-like traces which, in what seemed a mere affectation of
conscious power, hung at times almost limp between the whiffle-tree and
the narrow breast band which was all that confined the animal's powerful
fore-quarters. So superb was the reach of its long easy stride that Rose
could scarcely see any undulations in the brown shining back on which
she could have placed her foot, nor felt the soft beat of the delicate
hoofs that took the dust so firmly and yet so lightly.
The rapidity of motion which kept them both with heads bent forward and
seemed to force back any utterance that rose to their lips spared Rose
the obligation of conversation, and her companion was equally reticent.
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