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Elinor returns home to find that in her absence, Capricorn sent his men to raid and destroy her beloved library. She is heartbroken, but she decides to return to the village with Mo and Meggie. Meggie and Fenoglio are captured by Basta, who brings them back to Capricorn.
Elinor Loredan. Elinor's arc involves her transformation from a solitary book collector to an unexpected ally, embracing the adventure and forming meaningful connections with the other characters. Basta. Basta's arc is characterized by his unwavering loyalty to Capricorn, leading to pivotal moments that challenge his allegiance and motives. Farid
- Chapter 1: A Stranger in The Night
- Chapter 2: Secrets
- Chapter 3: Going South
- Chapter 4: A House Full of Books
- Chapter 5: only A Picture
Setting: On the old farm where Mo and Meggie live Time: 21st century, the end of May, at night Characters: Meggie, Mo (Mortimer), and Dustfinger Twelve-year-old Meggie is lying in her bed and can't sleep. On this rainy night, she wants to read one of her favorite books. As she is about to light the candles, she sees through her bedroom window that ...
Setting: On the old farm where Mo and Meggie live Time: The next day Characters: Meggie, Mo and Dustfinger Meggie wakes up early in the morning. Her father is already in her room, packing her things into a suitcase. He explains to her that they have to go to Elinor, her mother's aunt, to put her books in order. When Meggie asks, her father assures ...
Setting: On the old farm where Mo and Meggie live, on the way south Time: End of May, during the day Characters: Meggie, Mo, and Dustfinger Mo stops, gets out of the van and curses. Dustfinger has already guessed that Mo does not want to give Capricorn what he is looking for and that he now wants to escape, as he did once before four years ago. Mo ...
Setting: on a lake in Northern Italy , Elinor's house Time: The same day, in the evening Characters: Meggie, Mo, Dustfinger, and aunt Elinor Meggie wakes up when the three travelers arrive at the iron gate of aunt Elinor's residence. Her property on the lake does not look very inviting to Meggie. The garden is more like a forest. Mo tells Meggie th...
Setting: on a lake in Northern Italy, Elinor's house Time: Evening and the day after Characters: Meggie, Mo, Dustfinger, and aunt Elinor Meggie enters the library and sees Elinor and Mo looking at the now unwrapped book together. Mo asks Elinor to keep the book for him and protect it. Elinor is happy to do so, saying her books are like her children...
Dustfinger, Meggie, and Elinor are taken to Capricorn's house, where Mortimer is, only to find Capricorn was waiting for them. Elinor and Meggie are thrown into the cell where Mortimer is being held captive and reunite with him, while Dustfinger disappears.
Mo entrusts a book to Elinor, but is all secretive about it. Capricorn's men break into Elinor's place to kidnap Mo and steal the book. Meggie and Elinor decide to go find Mo and offer Capricorn the real book in exchange for him, since Elinor had secretly switched the real book for a fake one.
When he talks about killing Elinor as though it's the tiniest thing in the world to him, "The look in his eyes made Meggie shudder, as if someone were running cold fingers down her spine" (18.79). This definitely seems to be a case of the eyes being a window to the soul.
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A castle to the North (where Dustfinger lies to Mo, saying that Capricorn is to the north and they are safe to go to Elinor's home), and an abandoned village in Italy. He has other "bases" scattered around the countryside, which are mostly lone abandoned buildings rather than the village or castle.
