Table of Contents
Part one
CHAPTER ONE - Balloons over London
CHAPTER TWO - Rich Cousins
CHAPTER THREE - The Train
CHAPTER FOUR - Delderton
CHAPTER FIVE - Becoming a Fork
CHAPTER SIX - London Interlude
CHAPTER SEVEN - Matteo’s Moan
CHAPTER EIGHT - Biology at Dawn
CHAPTER NINE - Trash Cans and a Festival
CHAPTER TEN - The Flurry Dance
Part Two
CHAPTER ELEVEN - The Prince Awakes
CHAPTER TWELVE - Arrival in Bergania
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - The Prince Watches
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Sightseeing
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Treachery
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - The Dragonfly Pool
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - The Festival Begins
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Finding the Prince
CHAPTER NINETEEN - The Last Dance
CHAPTER TWENTY - Good-bye, Bergania
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - The Pursuit
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - The Berganian Mountain Cat
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - The Cheese-Makers’ Guild
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - A Mistake Is Made
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - A Hero Is Born
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Night Train to Calais
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - Reaching the Boat
Part Three
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - September the Third
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - Rottingdene House
CHAPTER THIRTY - New Term
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - Karil and Carlotta
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - Matteo’s Visit
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - The Duke Is Enraged
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - The Painting
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE - Karil Sees His Way
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX - Christmas
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN - The Future King
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - The Stripy Boys
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE - Arcadia
CHAPTER FORTY - Dry Ice
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE - The Play
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Part one
CHAPTER ONE
Balloons over London
I don’t think you ought to be crying at your age. People of fifty-two don’t cry,” said Aunt Hester sternly.
“I’m not crying,” said her sister, May. “Not really. And anyway, I heard you blowing your nose three times last night when you went to the bathroom.”
“Anyone can blow their nose,” said Hester.
“Not three times. And you’re older than me.”
