Whatever power Hank had as a dowser, this boy was the enemy of his knack, that much Hank knew.
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Prentice Alvin
A dowser, an itinerant water-seeker, that's who had angered him, that's the one he meant to harm.
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Prentice Alvin
But the dowser was none of Peggy's concern; nor was his provocation, however mean or terrible.
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Prentice Alvin
It would destroy him, take away his name as a dowser -- and unfairly so, because he was a good dowser who got hisself fooled by the lay of the land.
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Prentice Alvin
"And I didn't mean to imply that you weren't a real dowser, sir."
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Alvin Journeyman