Whereat Hugo ran from the house, crying to his grooms that they should saddle his mare and unkennel the pack, and giving the hounds a kerchief of the maid's, he swung them to the line, and so off full cry in the moonlight over the moor.
I did detect a figure creeping along the inner fence of the park; but it was not my young mistress: on its emerging into the light, I recognised one of the grooms.
He would perhaps not so thoroughly have understood all the dubiousness of Maggie's appearance with Mr Stephen Guest on the quay at Mudport if he had not witnessed the effect it produced on Tom when he went to report it; and since then, the circumstances which in any case gave a disastrous character to her elopement had passed beyond the more polite circles of St Ogg's, and had become matter of common talk, accessible to the grooms and errand-boys.
Cadwallader's errand could not be despatched in the presence of grooms, so she asked to be taken into the conservatory close by, to look at the new plants; and on coming to a contemplative stand, she said— "I have a great shock for you; I hope you are not so far gone in love as you pretended to be.
By then the others were dismounting as well, and grooms were coming forward for their mounts.
One picture of the graduating batch showed the lone female student wearing a wedding dress while the rest of the male members resembled grooms by wearing their respective suits.
Families of prospective grooms in China often save money for years to buy a home for a couple before they marry to give them financial stability.
Traditionally, brides hand-pick a group of female bridesmaids and grooms select a handful of male groomsmen to stand by their side on their wedding day.
Last week, he posted it on his Facebook page, along with a plead for brides and grooms to have "completely unplugged" ceremonies.
Other cakes may feature grooms being eaten by an alligator, or dismembered in a Jacuzzi.
"At Macy's, premium kitchen cutlery has rocketed to the top of wedding registries in the past five years, partly due to grooms influence", says Susan Bertelsen, group vice-president, wedding and gift registry, for the retailer.
An increasing number of brides and grooms want cold hard cash as presents, wedding-industry insiders say.
The pooch even arrived stylin' and profilin' as most grooms often do — chauffeured in a car.
There must be stables and horses and grooms and slaves; go and see about it!
Next morning Prince Camaralzaman and Marzavan were off betimes, attended by two grooms leading the two extra horses.
I told him my adventures, and heard in return that he was one of the grooms of Mihrage, the king of the island, and that each year they came to feed their master's horses in this plain.
The grooms will be lying in front of the stable, but they will be asleep and snoring, and you can quietly lead out the golden horse.