It took time with the Grandins, but they are preparing to head your way, as well, now. And they're bringing their next neighbours, Halfa and Mort Jorgensen. There are seven small children, two grown children, three older folks, and an assortment of familiars in the party in addition to Tempus, Delilah, and the Jorgensens.

We've just arrived in Horncastle for a visit to the Oxley family. Healer Frances Oxley was forced into retirement a little over a year ago, possibly because she got crosswise with MLE over the Vale of Health: her specialty is hex injuries. I think she might be made to see that her position is tenuous in light of what happened Monday, and she has a family to think of, just as Effie Nesbitt did.