Early next morning, her Owner returned and fitted a many-strapped leather head harness on her, again very tightly. This was followed by a control bit that snapped into the hole in her immobilized teeth and attached to cheek rings in her head harness, and then by long leather reins same cheek rings.
Sujata knew exactly what all the parts were, having harnessed her beloved Arrow's Run often in the past. She sensed all these were to become very much a permanent part of her from now on, except perhaps for the bit, which would be removed only for her liquid feedings.
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