In her heart of hearts she would have adored getting up early in the morning and searching for the warm, pink eggs, and riding barebacked over the farm with her father, consulting him on the tilling of the land and the best way to make the old place profitable; for one day it would be her own, and she would be, for her class in life, a rich girl.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade
I never rode anything in my life, but I feel I could ride barebacked on Peas-blossom.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade
They were right pleased to come over and see us, and to ride barebacked on my two Forest ponies, and have their fun whenever they could get as far away as The Hollies.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade