#quizzingglass
"One long-fingered hand held a silver-handled quizzing glass."

#contentwithwhoIam
"Although she did not expect to fall in love herself, she could not deny that such a state existed and that it could be beautiful to behold when it did."

A few pages in and we are reaffirmed of Agnes' views on romantic love

#johnbunyan #thepilgrimsprogress #contentwithwhoIam
"At the age of twenty-six, Agnes Keeping had never been in love or ever expected to be—or even wished to be."

Thus begins the tale of Agnes, who seems to be comfortable with her lot in life.

In the kitchen, Fanny hovered over a kettle of water. Bunches of dried herbs hung from the black beams, scenting the air. The old brick fireplace took up one whole wall. Opposite was a curtain-framed window that overlooked the back garden.
– Hoyt, Elizabeth. The Raven Prince. Grand Central Publishing, 2006.

Image Credit: Henry Bryan Hall creator QS:P170,Q5718777, Gen. Sir William Howe, marked as public domain, more details on Wikimedia Commons

" Black eyelashes clumped together lushly around obsidian eyes, but that hardly offset the large nose and chin and the thin, bloodless lips".
– Hoyt, Elizabeth. The Raven Prince. Grand Central Publishing, 2006

Name: A piebald horse
Image Credit: Evelyn Simak, Piebald horse - geograph.org.uk - 1317208, CC BY-SA 2.0

“The horse, a bony bay, had peculiar light patches on its coat that gave it an unfortunate piebald appearance“.
– Hoyt, Elizabeth. The Raven Prince. Grand Central Publishing, 2006