Chapters 16-18 Summary

As Ella travels with Sir Stephan, the knight assigned to take care of her, he talks at length about how much he likes Prince Char. Char is kind, hard-working, and a fast learner, and Sir Stephan is happy to serve him. Finally, they arrive in giant country. They get there just in time for the wedding. Ella sneaks around, avoiding her father, and looking for fairies. She knows that fairies are identifiable by their tiny feet. During the ceremony, Ella identifies three guests with tiny feet, and guesses that the fantastically beautiful one is Lucinda. After the ceremony, Lucinda goes and greets the bride and groom, and after she disappears in a puff of smoke, the newlyweds clutch one another desperately.

Lucinda reappears with the other two fairies, and Ella sidles up to them, hoping to talk with her, without making...