A Carriage Works

William Poole had just about had it. But his well-being and family fortune depended almost entirely on his decorum. It was more than a man of his stature should have to bear. "William Poole looked out of the window and sighed. His dun pony stood beside his brother's blue dappled stallion in the courtyard below. He turned from the window and looked back across the long hall, the rows of dancers turning in place. The long line parted and then came back together again. God, how he hated...
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William Poole had just about had it. But his well-being and family fortune depended almost entirely on his decorum. It was more than a man of his stature should have to bear. "William Poole looked out of the window and sighed. His dun pony stood beside his brother's blue dappled stallion in the courtyard below. He turned from the window and looked back across the long hall, the rows of dancers turning in place. The long line parted and then came back together again. God, how he hated these functions." A Carriage Works is a short story from the collection Tales from the Red Book of Tunes. (Apple edition)