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…showed last 75 words of 544 total…on his hands, like a faithful companion, and Iona tells her all about it. Thus Iona is a character whose loneliness keeps him from expressing his heartache until he resorts to speaking to his faithful horse. It is this loneliness which causes his misery. He may not be able to get the company he longed for by others, but in the end he is able to complete his goal: to share his grief. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**