Chapter 25 Summary

Anodos awakens in a field, where he is immediately filled with dread that his Shadow has found him once again. As the sun continues to rise, he realizes that the darkness he sees stretching before him is only his natural shadow. Anodos looks around him and realizes that he has returned home. Below him stands his own castle where his sisters welcome him heartily. His sisters report that he has been away from home for twenty-one days.

Anodos takes up his new position and tries to employ the lessons he learned in Fairy Land. During times of fear or anxiety, he remembers the wise woman in the cottage. He feels that he has found the door that will lead him back to Fairy Land and that is through his tomb. One day, while lying beneath a beech tree, Anodos hears a voice telling...