...He took several long minutes remembering how to breath.
"I can take to train this Oldenburg," he said.
"Yes, I believe you can," said the stranger.
"And you can give me…"
"Answers."
"Then, how?"
"I have my ways."
"No! I mean…" Helmuth paused. "How."
"In good time," was the answer. "I can tell you in time."
"When?"
"Soon. Be with my horse first, and then we shall see."
Helmuth considered. "When may I meet the foal."
"I will bring her in the morning."
"But I already have a bay in my stable."
"Then you must be rid of her. I will be back in the morning."
"But I…"
"In. The. Morning," the man said, sternly.
They looked directly into each other's eyes, the man's with eyebrows that caved his forehead into a stern look that could not be argued with, and Helmuth's with faint but evident determination that he would not be subject to this stranger's orders.
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