Chapters 5 and 6 Summary

In chapter six, Kate goes directly to the leper's hut, hoping to find Christopher there. He isn't, and she hopes that he hasn't seen her arrival and is avoiding her. Kate asks Christopher to tell her about Cecily's disappearance. He is angry, but she tells him what she knows about the lady in green and the Fairy Folk. She challenges him, asking if he hasn't ever wondered if there's some truth to the tales and whether Cecily might be alive somewhere. Just then they hear Randal singing a ballad and Christopher explains the story to Kate. Randal says that he manages to find his way back to the Fairy Folk some nights. He then tells the story about having been with the Fairy Folk and seeing a lot of gold, but waking and finding only the slipper of a shoe given...