Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter
Author: first_name: Pádraic
last_name: Colum
Language: English
Year: 1920

King Manus ruled over the Western Island, and he had a castle that was neither higher nor wider than any other King’s castle. But he had a stable that was more strongly built than any other King’s stable. It had double walls of stone; it had oak beams; it had an iron door with four locks to it. And before this door two soldiers with drawn swords in their hands stayed night and day.
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