Un caballo de carruaje de Londres
Jeremiah Barker was my new master’s name, but as everyone called him Jerry, I shall do the same.
Polly, his wife, was just as good a match as a man could have. She was a plump, trim, tidy little woman, with smooth, dark hair, dark eyes, and a merry little mouth.
The boy was twelve years old, a tall, frank, good-tempered lad; and little Dorothy (Dolly they called her) was her mother over again, at eight years old. They were all wonderfully fond of each other; I never knew such a happy, merry family before or since.
Jerry had a cab of his own, and two horses, which he drove and attended to himself. His other horse was a tall, white, rather large-boned animal called Captain. He was old now, but when he was young he must have been splendid; he had still a proud way of holding his head and arching his neck; in fact, he was a high-bred, fine-mannered, noble old horse, every inch of him.
He told me that in his early youth he went to the Crimean War; he belonged to an officer in the cavalry, and used to lead the regiment. I will tell more of that hereafter.
A la mañana siguiente, cuando ya estaba bien arreglado, Polly y Dolly entraron al corral a verme y a hacer migas. Harry había estado ayudando a su padre desde muy temprano y había opinado que yo iba a resultar ser un «auténtico encanto».