![]() This meant a long day of rough going with only a shaggy pony for company. ![]() Companions had journeyed with him to the foot of the mountain road, but he had requested that they let him make the climb alone. His progress up into the mountains had been solitary. Of all the familiar haunts he had passed since returning to his homeland, this was the only one that bore no visible scars of the Dragon’s work. And when he saw the house still standing and its sloping gardens yet unburned, something close to a smile touched his too serious face. ![]() ![]() But as he passed various shepherding villages and proceeded up the mountain road to the house itself, he felt his spirits lifting. He had feared that Hill House, despite its remote location, would have been one of the Dragon’s primary targets. This pleased the young man as he climbed the forlorn path to that place where he had spent many happy months. HILL HOUSE, though abandoned, had remained unscathed during the years of the Dragon’s occupation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.Īn Excerpt From the Next Tales of Goldstone Wood The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.īethany House Publishers is a division ofīaker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise-without the prior written permission of the publisher. ![]()
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