Chapters 21-25 Summary

Chapter 21 - Basta

They stop for a rest at a dilapidated house. Meggie, Elinor, and Farid sleep, while Mo and Dustfinger keep watch. Not longer later, Mo awakens Meggie and quickly signals her to remain silent. There are men coming up the road. Basta and Flatnose arrive at the house, being towed by a troop of dogs. Mo, Dustfinger, Farid and Elinor manage to overpower Basta, though Mo sustains a bad bite from one of the dogs. Farid is in favor of killing the men, so that they cannot follow further. However, Mo decides to tie them up in the old house. Dustfinger removes Basta's lucky talisman.

They walk on to a nearby village and Mo tells Dustfinger about the remaining copy of Inkheart.

Chapter 22 - In Safety

Once in the village, Elinor gets some money out of an ATM. She...