Chapters 3 and 4 Summary

"Hello, Goodbye, and Manythanks" September finds herself swimming for her life in Perverse and Perilous Sea. She eventually makes it to shore, which she first believes is made up of thick layers of rubbish but which, thanks to the goo thrown in her eyes, she can see is fairy gold. She encounters a signpost which points in four different directions, offering her four choices - to lose her way, her life, her mind, or her heart. She eventually decides on the way indicating she will lose her heart and continues on her way, picking up jeweled scepter and thinking it might come in useful. After a short while, she encounters a trio of eccentric Witches - two women, Hello and Goodbye, and their shared husband, Manythanks, who offer her some cake (which she accepts) and reveal that they have the unique...