I'm

get your saddle
don't bother putting on your boots
go as you are

chopping off her hair

clothes bespeak the person

exchanging slippers for walking boots,
chose a pair rough

"I mustn't polish my boots any more."

she was growing less distant
through her skill at disassembling
she was growing in grace

she made no reference to the last evening

the topics they had broached
not to be touched upon again