Roaming up and down, round and round, he at length heard a slight movement of the horse close at hand; and the sleeve of his overcoat unexpectedly caught his foot.

So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell.

Others live far from roads, tucked into the folds of mountains that can be a day's ride by horse to the nearest town. Cell phones do not work here; foot messengers bring news.