He smothered a yawn and with slow, dragging steps he led the over-tired mare toward the rough stabling in the rear.
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The whole ground floor was stabling, room and to spare for half a hundred horses, and filled frequently enough, no doubt, in the great days of the Great Henry.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
The Italian house screened them from the windows of that portion of the ancient stabling which the Marquis had made habitable when he bought back the chateau of Gemosac from the descendant of an adventurous republican to whom the estate had been awarded in the days of the Terror.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman