"I have never seen a beazel who could destroy skeleton monsters, not even Honoria Glossop and she is a sturdy filly of the sort that in bygone centuries would have been well suited to a horned helmet and a spear. But I shall follow as swift and silent as a... I say, what is both swift and silent? Horses are swift, but they miss the mark rather on the silent bit."

Even with danger lurking, Bertie's mind was easily distracted.