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Stable Bill

A stable hand or groom who tends to horses.

minor

Also known as Bill, Billy

First appearance: x snowbound at the sleeping deer

Stable Bill shows up with force in How a Man May Hunt with the Hounds and Yet Run with the Hare. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The stableman who provides Alastair with Moonbeam, the squire's favorite horse, for his escape.
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AMAlastair MacleanJJJourneyman JohnAMAmos MidwinterSJSir John NorreysMNMr. Nicholas KydSBStable Bill

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See Stable Bill in x snowbound at the sleeping deer