Chapter 6
NELLIE AND HENRIK were almost at the barn when the hoofbeats of a galloping horse came from behind.
“That horse is going at great speed,” Henrik said.
They stopped and turned around.
From out of the darkness came a pale shape. For a moment, Nellie thought it was a ghost horse, but it was making too much noise. It was a grey-white horse, one she had seen before: Madame Sabine’s stallion.
As they watched, it took a giant leap over the fence of the sheep paddock. It made a sharp turn and ran down the road until it was swallowed by the darkness.
“Well, I never . . .” Henrik said.
“Do you think the horse has followed us all the way from Saardam?”
“Looks like it.”
They waited for a bit, but the horse had vanished, so they went into the barn.
While they had been away, Lord Ver
