Chapter 20 Summary

Agba knows that he has acted without orders and has caused chaos, and he is ready to pay the price. At night, Mister Twickerham approaches Agba and tells him that the Earl has ordered that he and his horse leave the royal stables and go to Wicken Fen in the swamp lands. He tells Agba to follow the North Star, and he will not miss Wicken Fen. He also tells Agba that the Earl is too kind, because he ordered Mister Twickerham to give Agba two lanterns and to send him barley and oats every fortnight. Mister Twickerham seems to think that Agba deserves much worse.

Agba listens with no reaction as Mister Twickerham describes to Agba what a terrible place Wicker Fen is. He tells Agba that in Wicker Fen, he will find a ghost like hovel waiting for him. Agba grabs...