Chapter Twenty-Seven
Lipizzaner Familiarization
The two men left without any further words, their tasks completed, leaving me to hang there, still partially suspended, moving as little as I could, for everything hurt or was uncomfortable if I did. How was I supposed to do anything in this new harness and bondage? I would find out soon enough that I had no choice. Some minutes later, the same Eunuchs who had brought me to this place of torment and travail reappeared with long sets of reins grasped in their hands. They silently and quickly released my forelegs and the rest of the straps that kept me a prisoner within the frame, then with practised ease, I was quickly but loosely hobbled. This time though, the hobbles ran from fore leg to hind leg on each side, forcing me to walk with a syn
