To Rowan Dalglish

      Contents

       Dedication

Part One - Roddy

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Part Two - Nick

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Part Three - Roddy

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Part Four - Nick

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

       Part Five - Roddy

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Part Six - Nick

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Part Seven - Nick Continued

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Part Eight - Roddy

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Part Nine - Nick

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Chapter 25

       Chapter 26

       Part Ten - Roddy and Nick

       Chapter 27

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30

       Part Eleven - Roddy and Nick

       Chapter 31

       Chapter 32

       Chapter 33

       Chapter 34

       Chapter 35

       Chapter 36

       Part Twelve - Roddy and Nick

       Chapter 37

       Chapter 38

       Chapter 39

       Chapter 40

       Chapter 41

       Chapter 42

       Chapter 43

       About the Author

       Titles by Diana Wynne Jones

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

      I have been with the Court all my life, travelling with the King’s Progress.

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