And each day his belief in the Magic grew stronger--as well it might.

He tried one experiment after another as he felt himself gaining strength and it was Dickon who showed him the best things of all.
"Yesterday," he said one morning after an absence, "I went to Thwaite for mother an' near th' Blue Cow Inn I seed Bob Haworth.

He's the strongest chap on th' moor.

He's the champion wrestler an' he can jump higher than any other chap an' throw th' hammer farther.

He's gone all th' way to Scotland for th' sports some years.