![]() This was a delightfully lighthearted romp in an alternative Regency England. They conduct themselves with their customary sang froid (developed over years of explanations to their aunts) and adventuresome curiosity - not to mention collecting beaux and attending balls along the way - and rescue not only themselves but their friends in spite of the gentlemen's well-intentioned efforts to protect them. The two cousins, with long experience of getting into and out of scrapes in their childhood with their siblings ( vis à vis the episode with the goat), find themselves involved in more serious affairs. Tarleton - who is quite hopeless at spying from the shrubbery. ![]() Kate meets the Mysterious Marquis of Schofield, who has never bothered to visit his country manor near Rushton, while Cecy helps untangle his affairs at the Essex end, no thanks to a certain Mr. There are nefarious doings afoot, revolving around an enchanted (of all things) chocolate pot. ![]() ![]() Show More adventures in an alternative England where magic exists as an honourable profession (to the extent that Wizard Wellington uses it in the war). ![]()
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