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That faint and rhythmic chiming which Connor had heard from the mountain when he first saw the valley now came again through the gate, more clearly. There was something familiar about the sound -- yet Connor could not place it.
"Did you mark? " said Ephraim, shaking his head. "Did you see the colt shy at the white rock as he ran? In my household that could never happen; and yet Jacob does well enough, for the blood of Harith is as stubborn as old oak and wild as a wolf. But your gift, sir" -- and here he turned with much respect toward Connor -- "is a great one. I have never seen Harith's sons come to a man as Abra came to you."