Chapters 51-55 Summary

Chapter 51 - A Narrow Escape

In the abandoned house, Farid and Mo fashion large torches and cut their hair short. They are forced to hide while a patrol searches the house. The patrol finds the bloody bandages Farid was using for his arm.

Chapter 52 - A Fragile Little Thing

Dustfinger, while hiding out in Basta's empty house in the village, discovers Tinkerbell, who Basta imprisoned in a jar. He nurses her strength back with a saucer of milk, but cannot understand her tiny voice when she speaks. She hovers by the window, eager to escape, but he warns her that it is, at present, too dangerous, and keeps the window closed.

Chapter 53 - The Right Words

Fenoglio revises his work all day until finally, as dusk approaches, he presents Meggie with a single paragraph to slip into her reading. Before she...