Problems with broken harness had multiplied unbelievably for equipment that was well maintained, and a sudden attack of severe bellyache had felled one trooper who had to be left behind.

And finally, Pablo flipped the broken harness aside, but jammed Rafe's intact harness, along with the parachutes from the ground and the two, still-folded reserve chutes into his saddlebags.

There was a littered, dusty office, full of sad-looking account-books and files, with bits of broken harness thrown aside in corners.

Snatching up a stout branch that lay at his feet Willow drew the dagger and cut a strip of leather from the broken harness that still hung from Star's shoulders.

Brand was pottering around, stoking up the fire, repairing a broken harness, feeding the red-eyed bird.

I looked at the horse, the tilted cart, and the broken harness, and I mused.

This was his first glimpse of my herd, and his experienced eye took in everything from a broken harness to the peeling and legibility of the road brand.

He addressed the broken harness.

It had also raised a goblet of wine in celebration, stitched broken harness with precise skill, caressed a lover.

And there was the broken harness yesterday, and the delays in Syaskor before that.