Part I, Pages 74-116 Summary

One night, while Octavian and Dr. Trefusis are walking along Long Warf in Boston, they come across a customs agent in one of the carts, badly beaten. Several boys begin to beat the agent even more. When Octavian is eleven, Lord Cheldethorpe, designated 02-09 by Gitney, passes away suddenly. The great lord has donated much to the college, and the title passes on to his nephew, who Gitney does not know, but invites to Boston in hopes of securing the same funding as he once did from the man's uncle. When the new Lord Cheldethorpe arrives, he asks Gitney if there is a way to capture a one-legged seagull that kept him company on the voyage across the Atlantic. The new Lord Cheldethope is introduced to Cassiopeia, and the two begin flirting almost immediately. Cheldethorpe is also...