I shall have religious scruples." She did not name this incident to John and it was some days before John said, "Stephen is going to be a fine horseman.

His grandfather bought him a pony, a beautiful spirited animal, and Steve was at once upon his back.

Yorkshire boys take to horses, as ducks to the water.

Mother says I leaped into the saddle before I was five years old." Jane smiled faintly at this last remark and John said no more on the subject.

He understood it to be the better way.