The Warlock is Missing
“"I will gladly choose a wetting, over housen with that monster!" Geoffrey declared.
Cordelia shivered and hugged herself, but said bravely, "I, too." "Kelly knew it from the first." Magnus looked glum. "We should have hearkened to him; he would not come near." "Nor would my unicorn," Cordelia said softly. "Alas, poor beauty! Doth she suffer from this wetting?" "She doth know the ways of the wood." Magnus looked about him, frowning. "Kelly! Wherefore art thou? Hast thou abandoned us quite?" "Nay, he hath not," said a deep voice by his knee, "nor have I." "Robin!" Cordelia exclaimed, overjoyed, and Geoffrey said, "I thought thou hadst gone to spy out dangers ahead of us." "Aye, but I did not know thou wouldst turn from the home-ward path. Yet thou hadst need to; I will own, thou hast done well." "Well! We were near to being slain in agony!" Cordelia cried.
"Thou wouldst not have been," Puck said, with full certainty, and Kelly stepped up beside him, nodding. "If there had been any true ...danger, children, yer great black horse would have stove in that sorcerer's door, and elf-shot would have struck him senseless." "I think he was so already," Geoffrey growled.MoreLess
Cordelia shivered and hugged herself, but said bravely, "I, too." "Kelly knew it from the first." Magnus looked glum. "We should have hearkened to him; he would not come near." "Nor would my unicorn," Cordelia said softly. "Alas, poor beauty! Doth she suffer from this wetting?" "She doth know the ways of the wood." Magnus looked about him, frowning. "Kelly! Wherefore art thou? Hast thou abandoned us quite?" "Nay, he hath not," said a deep voice by his knee, "nor have I." "Robin!" Cordelia exclaimed, overjoyed, and Geoffrey said, "I thought thou hadst gone to spy out dangers ahead of us." "Aye, but I did not know thou wouldst turn from the home-ward path. Yet thou hadst need to; I will own, thou hast done well." "Well! We were near to being slain in agony!" Cordelia cried.
"Thou wouldst not have been," Puck said, with full certainty, and Kelly stepped up beside him, nodding. "If there had been any true ...danger, children, yer great black horse would have stove in that sorcerer's door, and elf-shot would have struck him senseless." "I think he was so already," Geoffrey growled.MoreLess
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