“Spindrift had never been about strict rules of earning and deserving. Vivian too seemed inclined to extend a lot of credit without security. In the chalet he’d designated as mine, I found a set of crates pushed together to form a makeshift bunk, together with a mattress and blankets from some long-forgotten storeroom. It was cold, of course, since Vivian hadn’t yet mastered the magic and pixie dust, but I rolled myself up in the blankets and dropped into worn-out sleep despite my plummeting gui...lt at having said those things to him. For the first time since leaving the Sea Hawk, I felt safe. I had a moment to watch the Little Bear hanging by its tail from Polaris—perhaps he too had disgraced himself, and was being given a good shaking from the very top of heaven—and then I was out. At the first glimmer of dawn, when my Little Bear window became a visible square of pale blue, I found myself propped on my elbow and listening. I couldn’t remember waking up, or what had brought me round, but my inner ears were aching with some vanished sound, straining to hear it again.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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