Всадник без головы

Chapter 94

           OnmountingthestrangehorseIneglectedtotakeholdofthebridle.AccustomedtoguidemyownoftenwithonlymyvoiceandkneesIhadgrownregardlessofthereins.Ididnotanticipateanoccurrenceofthekindthatfollowed.

           "ThehorseIwason,hadonlystoppedthreelengthsofitself,fromtheplacewhereIhadbestriddenhim,whensomethingcausedhimtoshytooneside,andbreakintoagallop.

           "Ineednotsaysomething;forIknewwhatitwas.Hehadlookedround,andseentheothercomingonbehind,withthatstrangeshapeuponhisback,thatnowinthebroadlightofdaywasenoughtofrightenhorseorman.

           "Iclutchedatthebridle;but,beforeIcouldlaymyhanduponit,thehorsewasathisfullspeed.

           "AtfirstIwasbutlittlealarmed;indeednotatall.IsupposedIshouldsoonrecoverthereins,andbringtherunawaytoastand.

           "ButIsoonfoundthiscouldnotbesoeasilydone.Theyhadstrayedforward,almosttotheanimal’sears;andIcouldnotreachthem,withoutlayingmyselfflatalongtheneck.

           "Whileendeavouringtosecurethebridle,Itooknoheedofthedirectioninwhichthehorsewastakingme.ItwasonlywhenIfeltasharptwitchingagainstmycheeks,thatIdiscoveredhehadforsakentheopentract,andwascarryingmethroughthechapparal.

           "AfterthatIhadnotimetomakeobservationsnochanceeventolookafterthelostreins.Iwasenoughoccupiedindodgingthebranchesofthemezquites,thatstretchedouttheirspinousarmsasifdesiringtodragmefromthesaddle.

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