Summary

In the section “If This Be Magic…” Pauline walked for about an hour near the entrance to the Canal Saint-Martin. She spotted the figure for whom she was looking and handed her the copy of the sheet music labeled Perdita.

In the section “Music Wake Her,” HollyPollyMolly were at the Roundhouse. Leo noticed Pauline was happy for the first time in a long time. He asked about Mimi. Pauline told him to give “time time” (245). As the girls practiced, Autolycus clapped from the floor. When Pauline came with a plate of sandwiches, she asked who Autolycus was and if he was staying with her.

Later, while Perdita and Zel were walking together, he pointed out that even if their lives had not taken such drastic changes, they still would have known one another. Zel asked her to...