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Along with these in many cases came judicious presents of poultry and game. There were such hand-shakings in the usually quiet streets, such groomings of horses at stables behind old-fashioned little taverns, such pipe-claying of belts and polishing of helmets, and, above all, such joyous anticipatory parties in private houses!
Probably not once in a year was a horse returned under such circumstances. The regularity of meals was another point of comparison, and the daily washings, brushings, groomings. It meant something to be a horse in that stable much more than it meant to be a groom. When these points of comparison arose, I pushed them back as evil and discontent with the will of God.
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