Chapter 15 Summary

In chapter fifteen, Taleswapper asks Makepeace Smith, the blacksmith, if he is willing to take Alvin Jr. as his prentice. Smith already has a prentice and is reluctant to take on a new one; however, his current one is planning to move to another town soon so there might be a place for Alvin. The blacksmith says he will take him if the boy is obedient and can be in the town by the first of April.

After talking to the blacksmith, Taleswapper visits the Inn to see young Peggy, but instead runs into Peg and Horace, her parents. Peg says that Peggy has become an angry, cold young woman who no longer lives with or gets along with her parents. Taleswapper goes looking for Peggy and finds her working in the local doctor's office.

Peggy is sharp and snippy with Taleswapper, but...