Still giggling, she found a tangle of leather straps and metal buckles. Aha! She remembered her riding lessons when she was a teenager. The straps went around her head like so, and the buckles pulled them tight like...so, and the heavy metal bit got pulled in between her teeth, like so!
Perfect!
In fact, what came out was something like "Fawfow".
the long reins hanging down pulled the bit to one side, and she instinctively turned that way to relieve the pressure on her mouth, before gathering them up and draping them comfortably over her shoulder. Suddenly, she...
Wed Aug 16 16:46:55 2000