High Deryni (2007)
“At first he could see nothing out of the ordinary: merely one of the horses placidly cropping grass beside the stream bank below.Then he realized he couldn’t see the other horse—and caught a flash of movement farther underneath him, closer to the falls. He leaned out farther to see what the motion had been, then froze in astonishment. He could hardly believe what he saw.Four children, their heads tousled and damp, homespun tunics plastered close to their bodies, were leading the second horse in...to the water at the edge of the waterfall. The horse was hoodwinked with what looked like the blanket from the saddle’s pack, and one of the children held his hand on the animal’s nose to keep it from nickering as they urged it into the cold stream. The oldest of the four appeared to be a boy of about eleven; the youngest could not have been more than seven.“What the devil?” Morgan murmured, hazarding an astonished glance at Duncan.Duncan pursed his lips grimly, then moved as though to start down the slope after them.MoreLess
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