The Hermit of the Southern Marsh is a magician who provided sanctuary for Shasta, Aravis and the Horses Bree and Hwin.
"I say!" said Aravis, "I have had luck."
"Daughter," said the Hermit, "I have now lived a hundred and nine winters in this world and have never yet met any such thing as Luck. There is something about all this that I do not understand: but if ever we need to know it, you may be sure that we shall."
- The Horse and His Boy
You know, I read this book, but it was umm... a really long time ago and I barely remember this one. It was the one that I least connected with out of the series for some reason.
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Jean, I know what you mean. It's more like a tale within a tale, it was something that happened when the Pevensies were Kings and Queens. I like that Shasta actually met them and that he himself was of a Narnian and didn't know it. He had a twin brother and he was the son of a King.
DeleteI have never yet met any such thing as Luck...I wonder how many people have ever said that (perhaps not in those exact words though)
ReplyDeleteI'm a true believer that there is no such thing as luck...or coincidence. But I'm not a fatalist either. I believe that everything happens for a reason, but we may not know what that is until much later.
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