ard-ridin

Updated: May 18, 2025

"Very seldom stirs abroad, sir, an' then allus in a fast-travellin' closed carriage; though there's a-plenty o' company now an' then, 'ard-ridin' gentlemen specially one as usually travels down from Lunnon in a chaise wi' red wheels " "What a black-bodied chaise picked out in yellow?" I enquired sharply. "Aye, sir, the same." "And are there lady visitors as well as gentlemen?"

Jeffery Farnol - Peregrine's Progress