CHAPTER ONE
In Which There Is Almost a Bath and Definitely a Trip to the Theater
CHAPTER TWO
Wherein Mrs. Colindrikal-Bumbcruncher Does Not Buy a Hat
CHAPTER THREE
In Which Lord Maccon Wears a Pink Brocade Shawl
CHAPTER FOUR
Several Unexpected Occurrences and Tea
CHAPTER FIVE
Under Cover of Thespians
CHAPTER SIX
In Which the Parasol Protectorate Acquires a New Member
CHAPTER SEVEN
Biffy Encounters a Most Unsatisfactory Parasol
CHAPTER EIGHT
Alexia Makes an Unexpectedly Damp Discovery
CHAPTER NINE
Biffy Experiments with Flirting and Felicity
CHAPTER TEN
Wherein Our Intrepid Travelers Ride Donkeys
CHAPTER ELEVEN
In Which Prudence Discovers Sentences
CHAPTER TWELVE
Wherein Alexia and Ivy Meet a Man with a Beard
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
In Which Idle Letters Waste Lives
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Wherein Alexia Loans Mr. Tumtrinkle Her Gun
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
In Which We Learn Why Werewolves Don’t Float
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The Curative Properties of Nile Bathing
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
A Gastropod Among Us
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
The Truth Behind the Octopus
CHAPTER NINETEEN
How to Retire to the Countryside
CHAPTER TWENTY
In Which Times Shift
Acknowledgments
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