At the sight of these horses, however, a great
terror took hold of him for he trembled all over, a sweat bursting
out upon his face, and clung to me as though for protection, making it
evident that he had never seen such an animal before. Indeed, nothing
would persuade him to go near them, for he shook his head and pointed
to his feet, thus showing me that he preferred to walk, however weak his
state.
The end of it was that walk he did and I with him from Thames side to
the Cheap, since I dared not leave him alone for fear lest he should
run away. A strange sight we presented, I leading this dusky wanderer
through the streets, and glad was I that night was falling so that few
saw us and those who did thought, I believe, that I was bringing some
foreign thief to jail.
At length we reached the Boat House as my dwelling was called, from the
image of the old Viking vessel that my uncle had carved and set above
the door, and I led him in staring about him with all his eyes, which in
his thin face looked large as those of an owl, taking him up the stairs,
which seemed to puzzle him much, for at every step he lifted his leg
high into the air, to an empty guest room.
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