"yes.. I do suppose..." [Cat yawned] "Not that it matters. I am the next Chrestomanci and am plenty powerful enough..Not that I need anymore..." [ and not that he would be foolish enough to accept them. But what if they were already in his mind..?]



[And meanwhile, Gwendolen was sitting in her old-new room back home, with her parents. Caroline and Francies were wary of moving back to the house that were so near the street where the shady characters who helped corrupt their daughter. Chrestomanci had offered to get them a new place, but they refused, preferring to earn it on their own. And Gwendolen was finally going off to finishing school soon, the sister school of the one Garrin went to. They were right next door to each other in fact. Her things were already paced, and Gwendolen sat by her miurror in her nightgown as her mother brushed her hair]
"Are you nervous about tomorrow, gwendolen dear?"
"Yes. I do suppose I am."
"It will be fine. Garrin will be nearby after all."
"Yes. And hoepfully I shall get my magic back soon..."