The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After

The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After (2006) Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer (Cecelia and Kate) (Cecelia and Kate)

Set in England in 1828

Thomas has convinced himself that he is being clever. He (he and Ripley, the coachman, to be exact) will drive to London and back, enjoying himself thoroughly the while. In his view, the mere matter of transporting a number of small children and their nurse adds nothing to the complexity of this endeavor. To you and you alone, Cecy, I must say ha! Ha! And again ha!

Thank heavens you wrote to the inn at Leeds. Cecelia and I have removed to Haliwar Tower, and the post there is being opened.

With minimal gesticulation yet unmistakable authority, scarcely murmuring a word aloud, Thomas cast what even I could recognize as a spell masterly in its restrained power. Silence followed for a split second, and then a series of clicks sounded, like a thousand crickets gone mad.

“What was that noise?” I asked.

“The tumblers of every lock and the latch on every door in the place,” Thomas replied. “It’s all open now.”

Georgy snatched the Gazette from me and hurled it across the room. That is, she tried. As I have often observed from Thomas’s attempts to do the same, newspapers do not hurl well. They flutter and come down on the carpet in pieces, so that one has to bend repeatedly to pick it all up before one is discovered mid-tantrum.

Publisher: Open Road Media

Rating: 8/10

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