Part 2, Salamandastron: Chapters 27-31 Summary

In Chapter 27, Skipper convinces Fortunata that he has the stifferners, giving her the excuse she wanted to slip into the woods with Ferdy and Coggs, who are not really Ferdy and Coggs but their siblings, Posy and Spike. Fortunata insists she needs herbs and leaves Brockhall with the two hedgehogs and her new companion, Patchcoat, who is really Mask. Mask convinces Fortunata that he has lost his way and they must separate at a fork in the path. Fortunata goes alone and is soon captured by woodlanders who kill her. At the same time, Martin and his friends pilot Log-a-Log's boat toward the mountain and are thrown over the edge of a waterfall. Tsarmina watches from her window as an old fox rushes toward the walls of Kotir with the two hedgehogs, but is overcome by some...