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Sheemie froze in place as they mounted up, momentarily scared they would come in his direction, but they rode the other way, west. It’s not a place I’d reach after nightfall, if that can be avoided. ”Blaine, now screaming in the voice of an infant, lapsed into some other language and began to sing. ”Then Aunt Cord had smiled.

—Romeo and JulietWilliam ShakespeareOn the fourth day, to [Dorothy’s] great joy, Oz sent for her, and when she entered the Throne Room, he greeted her pleasantly. No more than cats change their spots, as we say. Perhaps because the horse’s owner is a stranger, she thought, and fair. “Was your trip difficult?” Thorin was asking.