Chapter 26: Post-Havisham Blues and Chapter 27: The Lighthouse at the Edge of My Mind Summary

Chapter 26: Post-Havisham Blues opens an hour after the end of Chapter 25. Thursday goes into the Jurisfiction offices where Tweed, Bradshaw, and the Bellman are looking at two pieces of broken and scorched metal on a desk. The Bellman tells Thursday the evidence shows it was an accident. The Ultra Word(TM) reports written by Perkins, Deane, and Miss Havisham show that if they were murdered, it was not over Ultra Word(TM).

Thursday is given some time off from Jurisfiction due to Miss Havisham's death. She is also offered a permanent position in Jurisfiction. Thursday considers it, thinking she has nothing in Swindon to go back for. However, she asks the Bellman if she can take some time to...