Chapter 205 - Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth

J rolled her eyes.

"No, seriously. You are an expert since you know your stuff." Jacob said after mocking her.

"No, I'm not. I grew up with them so I am familiar with them. My hostlers are the experts." J said still irritated.

"Hostlers?" Jacob asked.

"Yeah. They were the stableman." J said casually then Jacob made an 'Oh' sound."

Soon the hostler arrives with a beautiful dark palomino stallion and a complete black mare with complete horse tack.

J take the reins from the hostler and said "Thank you" before he left them. She handed the rein of the black horse to Jacob. "This is Elizabeth." She introduced her to Jacob.

Jacob approached Elizabeth on the side and slowly held out his hand to Elizabeth. Upon making sure that Elizabeth won't get anxious, he gently stroke her.

"She is a mare. A mare is an adult version of a filly. She is already five years old. Unlike Mr. Darcy here, Elizabeth is kind to strangers." J said while stroking Mr. Darcy's face and neck.

"That's why you gave me a female horse?" Jacob said with a smirk.

"Well, yes. Among all the horses here, these two were the ones I trusted the most. I was there when they were born until they grow up. This, by the way, is Mr. Darcy. He is a five-year-old stallion. He was born one week ahead of Elizabeth. He is quite capricious. He wouldn't let anyone ride him except me." J said with a gleaming eye before she hopped over Mr. Darcy. Jacob did the same to Elizabeth.

J loves the novel Pride and Prejudice so much that she named her favorite horses after its protagonists.

"So is Mr. Darcy a brown horse or a bay horse?" Jacob asked to maintain a spontaneous conversation while riding the horses on a dirt road.

"Well, actually a bay horse is a brown horse as well," J said with a small smile.

"Now you are confusing me," Jacob said with a furrowed brow.

"Ha-ha." J laughed. Jacob was pleased. Hearing J laugh is like waiting for a meteor at night. Sometimes you would be lucky to see one or two, but sometimes you would see nothing. But there were special moments when you would see hundreds of them.

"Mr. Darcy's color is called dark palomino. They were easy to recognize because of their golden color and flaxen mane and tail." J said with a smile.

"What kind of horse breed are they?" Jacob asked.

"Thoroughbred. They were used for horse racing. We only breed pure thoroughbred." J said casually. Thoroughbred horses are distinguished by their tall, slim and athletic body. They are considered hot-blooded because of their agility, speed, and spirit.

"Do you also train them to race?"

"No. We only breed them and export them." J replied as they turned in a curve. They passed two more separate paddock and a couple more stables. Among the horses in the stables and paddock were dogs. Jacob noticed a couple of German Shepherds and Jack Russell around the farm. "Do you also breed dogs?" he asked.

"What?" J asked with a cocked head.

"I noticed you got a lot of dogs here," Jacob said with a smile pointing to the dogs near one of the stable.

"Oh... the Jack Russell's were a great hunter. No mouse would dare to live in the stable with them around. While the German Shepherds were an excellent guard." J casually said.

"Ha-ha. I thought you breed them as well." Jacob chuckled gaining a glare from J.