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There was at Corbyknowe a young, well-bred horse which David had / himself reared: Kirsty had been teaching him to carry a lady. For her / hostess in Edinburgh, discovering that she was fond of riding and that / she had no saddle, had made her a present of her own: she had not used / it for many years, but it was in very good condition, and none the / worse for being a little old-fashioned. That same morning Kirsty had / put on a blue riding-habit, which also lady Macintosh had given her, / and was out on the highest slope of the farm, hoping to catch a sight / of the two on horseback together, and so learn that her scheme was a / success. She had been on the outlook for about an hour, when she saw / them coming along between the castle and Corbyknowe, and went straight / for a certain point in the road so as to reach it simultaneously with / them. For she had just spied a chance of giving Gordon the opportunity / which her father had told her he was longing for, of saying something / about her to his mother.
'Who can that be? ' said Mrs. Gordon as they trotted gently along, when / she spied the lady on horseback. 'She rides well! But she seems to be / alone! Is there really nobody with her?'