I said . ' `` I 'm afraid not , '' he said , rasping away at the hoof . He had a wonderful touch with horses . The old beast was whinnying on his shoulder . `` You may remember that I was not a gentle God in my Day and my Time and my Power . I shall never be released till some human being truly wishes me well . '' ' `` Surely , '' said I , `` the farmer ca n't do less than that . You 're shoeing the horse all round for him . '' ' `` Yes , '' said he , `` and my nails will hold a shoe from one full moon to the next . But farmers and Weald clay , '' said he , `` are both uncommon cold and sour . '' ` Would you believe it , that when that farmer woke and found his horse shod he rode away without one word of thanks ? I was so angry that I wheeled his horse right round and walked him back three miles to the Beacon , just to teach the old sinner politeness . ' ` Were you invisible ? ' said Una . Puck nodded , gravely . ` The Beacon was always laid in those days ready to light , in case the French landed at Pevensey ; and I walked the horse about and about it that lee-long summer night . The farmer thought he was bewitched -- well , he was , of course -- and began to pray and shout . I did n't care ! I was as good a Christian as he any fair-day in the County , and about four o'clock in the morning a young novice came along from the monastery that used to stand on the top of Beacon Hill . ' ` What 's a novice ? '
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