Chapter 19: Shadow the Sheepdog Summary

Chapter 19: Shadow the Sheepdog opens as Thursday has read herself into the story, giving herself time to do a little reconnaissance first.

Thursday sends the "smoother" to Johnny's father, then goes to the auction to buy the pigs. The auctioneer does not want to sell Thursday the pigs at the rate she wants because it goes against the formula of the story. She passes the auctioneer's teacup to him from Miss Pittman. Thursday tries to pull rank with him, but it does not work. She offers to fix the narrative to allow him to have all the tea he wants, moving the table to the window. Thursday tells him if he does not sell her the pigs at the price she wants, she will move the table back to its original position. The auctioneer agrees to sell...