Chapter 27 Summary

Maud, Val, Euan, Roland, Blackadder and Leonora Stern gather at Beatrice Nest's house. There are various tensions between guests, but they are subdued for the greater good. Euan starts the discussion by explaining that he is there as sort of a legal adviser to Maud, who is the rightful heir to the letters. Everyone debates where the letters should ultimately reside. Blackadder asks how they were found in the first place, and Roland and Maud are forced to tell the sequence of events. Roland returns the original letters to Blackadder who promises to return them to the British Library.

Then Beatrice Nest tells the group what she overheard Cropper talking about with Hildebrand Ash. They are plotting to dig up the graves and find a box they suspect holds important artifacts. The group agrees that they are going to have to catch Cropper...