Aw, this story is so sweet, cute, funny and touching all at once! Particularly this chapter. Mrs Thornton & The Horse truly came to life!
Thank you so much for sharing.

I loved the bit with Sholto and the mad horse talking to John! Thanks for sharing your story!

How sad to hear Mrs. Thornton’s backstory with her husband and losing her baby!

I think you captured Fanny’s essence perfectly!

I loved the ending with Higgins! Thanks for sharing!

I loved this! How amusing!

very lovely writing. thank you for sharing.

Oh this is fabulous. You've captured Mrs. Thornton perfectly, and you insights into the other characters are superb. Just lovely.

Lovely story and superb characterization. Sholto is adorable

Loved your story!

Thanks for letting us read it!

This was lovely.

I think at one time, you meant for this story to be longer, but given the posting and ending dates, I can understand why you chose to end it here, and it does work. Quality over quantity was a worthy trade off, but I am glad I found it at the end, I would have been crazy waiting for the next installment. Well done.

This was absolutely lovely! Thank you so much for sharing your story. What a merry fiction :)

My heart shrinks when reading "It was, perhaps, the stangest and merriest tea time in the house for a very long time" I love the way you describe Hanna's emotions, well done.

I had to read your story all the way thru when I saw ch 5 I enjoyed it even more .I hope to see more maybe a you