P.59-87 Summary

The wizards wait by the barley sugar cottage to ambush Rincewind. Inside the cottage Rincewind, Twoflower and Swires prepare for bed. They have arguments about elves. Twoflower thinks they are wise, mythical creatures, but Swires and Rindwind tell him he must have obtained his information from fairy tales. Suddenly, they hear a noise from outside and frightened, they climb into a cupboard just before the wizards enter the house. Rincewood comes out to see what they want and the wizards all run after him. Rincewind climbs up the stairs, where he finds a broomstick a witch had left behind. Twoflower and Rincewind climb onto the stick and fly away. An arrow shoots past them, enters the house, strikes Twoflower's Luggage and the Luggage disappears.

In the sky, Rincewind and Twoflower see what the narrator describes as the future, a red star...