A moment after they met the king in his small English calèche, a postilion and an equerryforming his entire escort as usual, and Reverdil being alone with him in the carriage.
Hasten; bid Hord the equerry harness the triple team to the strongest sledge, and be you ready to ride with me in a half hour's time.
For a soldier and equerry you seem to know a great deal of the history of your country.
I served some time in the Austrian army as a noble Hussar, but am now equerry to a great nobleman, to whom I am distantly related.
We had very agreeable company on the road, a neighbour of ours and equerry to the Queen,[12] who was full of her virtues and condescensions.
He drew his sword, the Prince of Neufchatel and the grand equerry did the same; then placing themselves on the left side of the road, they waited the approach of the horde, from which they were not forty paces distant.
The next day, Napoleon was unable to bring his grand equerry into his presence, without formal and repeated orders.
But as at that moment we were advancing against the enemy, the grand-equerry made no reply; he did not retire; he only half uncovered himself to thank the emperor, and to refuse.
A famous story is told of Queen Victoria in her later years sending an Equerry to inquire the name of a lively air which had been played by her Court band.
Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps, the Prince Consort's Treasurer and Equerry to the Queen, are quite eclipsed by this explosion.
While he was playing billiards the following afternoon with the Duke of Yorke, his equerry arrived at the Palais Royale with his horse.
At the castle of Odoz (1) in Bigorre, there dwelt one Charles, equerry to the King and an Italian by birth, who had married a very virtuous and honourable woman.
Pergami had now been promoted from equerry to Grand Chamberlain to Her Royal Highness, and as further evidence of her favour, she bought for him in Sicily an estate which conferred on its owner the title of Baron della Francina.
My way was barred by an equerry in violet and gold.
Our attention was however sharply drawn to the fact by the cry of an equerry who was riding well in advance of the others, and this man shouted: "The road!
From him he learned that the poison had been sent from Italy by the Chevalier de Lorraine to Beauveau, equerry to the Duchess, and to D'Effiat, her captain of the guard, but without the knowledge of the Duke.
Arency, mounted on a plumed horse, with tassellated trappings, which was led by a young equerry who wore Catherine's colors, and followed by two mounted lackeys in similar livery.
For the great skill he displayed at Marignano he was appointed Grand Master of the Artillery and Seneschal of Armagnac, and he subsequently became Grand Equerry of France.
But the equerry was by no means delighted at his king's love affair, and took no pains to hide his disappointment.
The king and his equerry stood still to watch this strange hunt, which was followed by twenty or more little dwarfs, some mounted on wolves, and leading relays, and others with cats in leash.
The outriders and postilions were about to execute this maneuver when the grand equerry also put his head out of the door and exclaimed, "Keep to a trot, the first man who gallops I will dismiss on arriving.
I do not know whether he received a reprimand from the grand equerry on his return; but if there was any cause for this, the latter would not have failed to bestow it, in spite of the Emperor's assurance to the first page.
Mariolles and de Sainte-Croix; since both disputed for the position of first equerry to King Joseph, both maintaining that it had been promised them.
Her companions were her father's chaplain and the equerry who had grown grey in his service.
Before the worst came, by the advice of the equerry and our wise chaplain, whom I consulted, we had done what was necessary, and summoned the guard at the Frauenthor to our assistance.
I am very much pleased with him, and happy he should be theequerry in waiting on my first arrival.
The king has not even an equerry with him, nor the queen any lady to attend her when she goes her airings.
A good-natured equerry saw that she was exhausted, and shared with her some apricots and bread which he had wisely put into his pockets.
And next was Major Price, the equerry of the king at present in waiting.
On the way to him the slimequerry asked her her name, and told her to be sure to address the grand duke as "your Highness.
The slim equerryshook his head and said in a tone of conviction: "She would nod coom, Highness.
The slim equerry went down the sea-wall across the sands to Pollyooly.
The slim equerry took a purse from his pocket and handed it to the grand duke.
The slim equerry shook his head (this time without any assistance from his august master) and said: "She is too young, your Highness.
He returns to himself with a start, walks over to the hedge where the equerry is waiting for the reply.
The bishop's equerry applauded with voice and gesture the skill of his master, while a serf of robust frame and gallows-bird countenance followed the riding lesson with cunning eyes.
Had not my equerry Eberhard the Tricky thrown himself between me and Gonthram, I would have killed my son on his return from the hunt.
And turning then to Black John: "Order my equerry to saddle the stallion that was brought here this morning.
The equerry received this message and ran to tell the joyful news to his mistress.
He then left Joppa, taking with him his equerry and the women and children, to greet the man whom he took to be a new and powerful ally.
