morning before eight o'clock
In showing these pictures to Pink and telling him how well Lloyd rode and how graceful she was in the saddle , Mary forgot her casual remark about her own enjoyment of riding , but Pink remembered . He had thought about it at intervals ever since . Now catching sight of her on the high stool , he hurried into the post-office to tell her that he could secure two horses any morning that she would go out with him before breakfast . His uncle owned the team of buckskins which drew the delivery wagon , and was willing for him to use them any morning before eight o'clock . They were not stylish-looking beasts , he admitted , like Kentucky thoroughbreds , but they were sure-footed and used to mountain trails . As Mary thanked him with characteristic enthusiasm , she was conscious of a double thrill of pleasure . One came from the fact that he had planned such enjoyment for her , the other that he had remembered her casual remark and attached so much importance to it .