"The Stalking-Horse" is a medieval tale by Anglo-Italian author Rafael Sabatini. To the high-spirited daughter of that high-spirited chieftain, Macdonald of Invernaion, the Earl of Lochmore was hardly the husband of her romantic dreams. But it was only after marriage that she discovered how far he failed to realize them. In the brief season of his courtship she had perceived no more than the surface of the man. And on the surface of him there was a certain deceptive glitter. Now with the illusion vanished, and with Lochmore's disdain for his wife becoming public, she stands to fall prey to one of those professors of gallantry who perceive their opportunity in marital discord…
