chapters 26-30 Summary

In chapter twenty-six, Dustfinger returns from death and Mortimer pulls him back to the world of the living in Ombra.

In chapter twenty-seven, Dustinger goes to his wife Roxane, who cannot believe he has returned.

In chapter twenty-eight, Doria announces that the Bluejay has returned to the Black Prince, who hurries to the area where he was last seen in order to find him before the Piper does. He spots many armed soldiers getting ready to hang the woman who first spotted Mortimer, but Mortimer himself appears and announces that he has returned from death. The soldiers flee in terror of him. Mortimer asks the Black Prince if his wife and daughter have already departed, because he expected his daughter to read the words, but the Black Prince does not know what was written on the pages, and does not understand...