The Enchanted Waltz

As the men unharnessed the sweating, exhausted team and led them into the stables, others were brought to replace them.

The horses were lathered now with sweat, but he would not spare them.

Her eyes were on the circus erected opposite the lawn set aside for fireworks where, to attract custom for the evening performance, elephants and horses were being paraded by their trainers to the strident music of a brass band.