"Has anything happened to your father ?" He looked up with a start at the sound of my voice, and I saw that his face was pale.
"My father ?" he asked in a dazed way.

"I left him in the cave.

Why do you ask ?" "He didn't come back with the rest of us, and Polly asked me to find him." "He's old enough to take care of himself," said Radnor without looking up.
I hesitated a moment, uncertain what to do, and then turned back to the stables to order a fresh horse.

To my astonishment I found the stable-men gathered in a group about Rad's mare, Jennie Loo.

She was dashed with foam and trembling, and appeared to be about used up.