Pages 108-136 Summary

Magrat preens before a mirror, hoping to achieve a look that is both attractive and more witch-seeming. Nanny and Ghost Verence, meanwhile, play a game of "I spy." Outside, Granny arrives at the castle gates, where a crowd has formed and is circulating rumors of Nanny's capture. A palace guardsman, not buying Granny's cover as an apple salesman, tries to bar her passage, but Granny stabs the guard's hand with a hairpin and hurries past. Lord and Lady Felmet return to the torture chamber, soon expelling the guilt-ridden Fool from the room. Nanny confesses nothing. Ghost Verence tries to focus his spirit energy well enough to move his one-time hunting knife, the weapon of his murder.

Magrat, also posing as an apple salesman, has no trouble getting past the fearful guards. While Granny wanders lost in the castle, Magrat runs afoul...