The Great Unexpected

Miss Pilpenny pushes Sybil’s wheelchair, at Sybil’s request, across the Crooked Bridge as fast as she can. On the other side of the bridge, both women must catch their breath. Sybil suggests that the “old Master” couldn’t escape the evil spirits in the end despite his having built the bridge. Miss Pilpenny comments on how different the Master’s son, Albert, was from the Master, and Sybil agrees, looking at her wedding band. The women enter an orchard flanked by two tall columns, each topped by an iron rook. They pass fruit trees, a sundial, and a fairy ring. They choose a good spot, and Sybil expresses her eagerness to hear from Mr. Dingle.

Naomi decides not to care why Finn went to Lizzie’s house. She will not go to Lizzie’s house to ask because she doesn’t want to seem interested. A while later, however, she takes off running to Lizzie’s house, but Lizzie isn’t home. Naomi wonders why people are making such a fuss over “Dangle Doodle” while no one mentions Finn. She decides she doesn’t care about this either.