Chapter 12 Summary

"Between Myself and the Powers of Darkness" Meg and the twins help Mrs. O'Keefe as they all run to the star watching rock, where they find Charles Wallace pale, unconscious, and without a heartbeat. As Dennys tries to revive him, Meg and Mrs. O'Keefe join hands and cry out the rune. Narration then switches focus to Gaudior and Charles Wallace, their conversation revealing that Gaudior got Charles Wallace out of Matthew just before the Echthroi triggered Matthew's death. Gaudior then takes Charles Wallace on one last ride where he is reunited with his body. As Gaudior departs, Meg and the others see a flash of light, and Charles Wallace awakes. The others help him back to the house.

As Charles Wallace recovers, his parents ask him what, if anything, he was able to do about the command Mrs. O'Keefe gave him to stop...