Mary Price, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Mary Price, Vol. 2: Or, the Memoirs of a Servant-MaidHe spoke civilly, even kindly, but I could not help noticing that the footmen stared at me with an intentness almost amounting to rudeness. The instant however the old porter made a sign, which he did, for them to desist, they averted their looks so that I at once felt assured he was no mean authority in the household. I sat down in the hall, where I had not been many minutes ere three little ponies with the children riding on them, and attended by a groom on horseback, galloped up to the door. These children were all girls, their ages appearing to - be eight, ten, and twelve, and so far as I could judge, they sat upon their little steeds with the most perfect knowledge of horsemanship. They had elegant riding-habits, hats with feathers, blue veils, and little whips not larger than switches. The footmen ran out from the hall to help them to alight: and then those three children caressed their ponies with quite a womanly air.Now, John, said the eldest, addressing the footman who had helped her off, walk J uno about a little before she's taken into the stable. And mind, I won't have her legs washed till she is thoroughly cool. You see we have been giving the horses a regular good run.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.