Chapter 5: The Well of Lost Plots Summary

Chapter 5: "The Well of Lost Plots" opens the next morning. Akrid Snell, who is appointed to represent Thursday on her Fiction Infraction for changing the ending of "Jane Eyre", arrives at the flying boat. He tells Thursday her trial will probably be in the next week, but the place and time are not decided.

Snell tells Thursday that Miss Havisham asked him to show her the wonders of the Well, but he is fascinated by the breakfast Thursday has made and sits for a cup of coffee first. He explains that there are thousands of Mrs. Danvers in the BookWorld, and that they are being used for anti-mispelling duty. Thursday asks Snell what it is like to be fictional. It is a sensitive topic for Snell, and while he answers her question, he...