Chapter 22 Summary

When the wedding party returns to the farm, Adam gives Elfine a nest with four pink eggs, telling her it will help her bear four children. As they enter the kitchen for the feast, an older woman in a grand leather flying kit rises from a chair and welcomes the guests to Cold Comfort Farm. To everyone's amazement, it is Aunt Ada Doom! Aunt Ada is pleased with the shocked attention she receives but says they must get on with the feast as a plane is picking her up for Paris in less than an hour. This creates quite another stir amongst the Starkadder clan. Aunt Ada keeps thanking Flora, excited about her upcoming trip to Paris. Despite the glory of the conquest, Flora wants to ask about what wrong Amos did to her father and what her rights are. Aunt Ada whispers...