But now, Tom, we must come and don riding gear, for the horses will be round ere long.

Oh, have no concern as to that.

My man will have ready all that you will need.

But those silken hose and that broidered vest are little suited to the saddle." And, in very sooth, Tom found himself quickly fitted with a pair of stout leathern breeches, a cloth waistcoat, and a pair of riding boots adorned with silver spurs.

A riding switch was put in his hand, and he stood flicking his boots at the top of the staircase till Lord Claud joined him, dressed in a quiet and most irreproachable riding suit, which became the elegance of his figure almost better than the frippery of the first toilet.
The horses stood at the door.