Hollond

I got a post-card from Hollond, the only word from him.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

All this time Hollond had been rather extra well and cheery.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

So I asked Leithen about the other side of Hollond which was recalled to him by Correi na Sidhe.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

Hollond was well and fit, with an appetite like a hunter.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

But it was difficult to think that anything was wrong with Hollond; indeed the odd thing is that all this time the idea of madness never entered my head.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

Hollond was positive he did not mean angels or anything of the sort.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

I don't pretend to understand how Hollond got to know about these Presences.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

But the worst of it was, that if you kept your mind too much in one world you were apt to forget about the other and Hollond was always barking his shins on stones and chairs and things.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

I puzzled over it a good deal, for it seemed to me that if Hollond felt lonely, there must be more in this world of his than we imagined.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

Well, Hollond behaved like that, but he had always been counted a little odd, and nobody noticed it but me.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907