“Sidesaddle? Isn’t that a little old fashioned?”

“Hag, you ride how you like, I'll ride my way.”

“I’m almost embarrassed riding next to you! The others are going to laugh at you!”

“Their loss, Hag. They need me and you know it.”

“We all know that — I just wish you would mount up like it was the twenty-first century!”

With a grin, Hec mounted as was her preference, regardless of Hag’s sensibilities. Her ride moved quickly as Hag followed.

“Besides, Hag, you never get a splinter from sidesaddle!”

“Hey, that was one time and you spat it out!