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But going directly to Montana was too big a leap. It would take forever to pick up Jeremy’s track again. So they worked south in stages following the rumors of an aloof, many-pointed bull reindeer.
“I thought Jeremy was supposed to be a cute little guy.”
“Indeed he was, seventy-five years ago when Robert L. May wrote about him. He has matured somewhat over the years. He is still a sweetheart though as he never allowed the success to go to his head.”
“How long do reindeer usually live? Maybe he died of old age.”
“Fifteen to twenty years, typically, unless they are in the employ of St. Nicholas. Then their lives are rather extended.”
Betsy eyed him carefully. There was an agelessness to Horatio’s clear features. He would have been as classically handsome a thousand years ago as he wa
