Chapter 1
“Sunday, is it? Already? Oh, that’s no day for travel - poor souls. Will we be ready when they arrive?” he said. “Good enough. You can find me in the Book Room if you need me.”
It was winter at the professor’s house, but not the kind of winter anybody likes. It was cold and wet and left your fingertips in pain if you stayed out just a moment too long. And, of course, no snow. There was no time for thoughts like that, though. The children were set to arrive at dark and he wanted them to feel at home.
