Wildspark: A Ghost Machine Adventure by Vashti Hardy
Author:Vashti Hardy [Hardy, Vashti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2019-12-15T00:00:00+00:00
SPIRIT LIGHTS
The Inventors Parade had come to an end fairly swiftly after the incident, even though Governor Watson-Wentworth had waved the trouble away and ensured his personifate cart finished the full rotation around the square. The red paint bomb that had hit the side of the cart dripped like a wound down the side and was not so easily brushed away.
Prue, Edwin and Agapantha didnât talk any further about what had happened, but the incident continued to play on Prueâs mind into the next week. Sheâd thought about what Edwin had said, and the leopard personifate had a good point. Even though all the personifates sheâd met seemed perfectly happy, it didnât seem fair. When she eventually found a way to bring Francis back, she wouldnât want him to be assigned in a post as a messenger or kitchen worker. She wanted him back on the farm with her.
If she found a way to uncover the personifatesâ memories, surely thatâs what most of the personifates would want?
At breakfast on Wednesday, there was a lot of excited chatter around the table.
âWhatâs going on?â Prue asked Yan, one of the other apprentices.
He indicated the mantelpiece where named envelopes were lined up. âSee for yourself!â
There was one with âFrances Haywoodâ on in scrolled gold handwriting. She ripped it open.
Dear Frances,
You are invited to the Imperial Personifate
Guild of Medlock Annual Sahwen Celebration on 31 October
Dress code: formal evening wear
Master Woolstenbury
Agapantha joined her. âWhatâs going on?â
Cora breezed in, almost knocking Yan flying. She fanned herself with her invitation. âIt will be so difficult to know what to wear. I only packed seven dresses.â She threw a barbed glance at Prue.
Prue sat down at the table with Agapantha. âWell, I certainly didnât bring anything. What about you, Agapantha?â
âNo, I wasnât thinking of evening wear when I packed for the Guild.â
Lavender came in from the kitchen bearing a great tray of pancakes dripping with syrup. âCome on, girls, tuck in. Ah, you have your invitations, I see! Master Woolstenbury is confident theyâre ahead on the hundred. We were a bit worried it would be cancelled, to be honest.â
âI donât think I can go. I havenât got suitable clothes,â Prue said.
âNonsense! Everyone attends the Sahwen celebration! Perhaps Cora can lend you something?â
Prue thought that she would rather face an angry bear than borrow something from Cora.
âIâd love to, Lavender, but Iâm afraid I only brought a couple of dresses, and they certainly wouldnât fit her.â Coraâs face dropped in fake disappointment.
âDonât worry, we can go shopping at the weekend. We have plenty of time,â said Agapantha, smiling at Prue.
Prue did have her apprentice money, but she wanted to send it home.
âItâll be my treat,â said Agapantha.
Edwin glanced up. Things had been a little awkward since the parade.
âAnd you, Edwin. We can visit Bardâs Precision Tailoring and get something made specially.â
He smiled. âIâd like that.â
Cora puckered her mouth. âHow sweet,â she said sourly.
*
The following few days were spent on repair duty â there was a backlog due to the craftsmen and masters working flat out on the hundred, so the apprentices were drafted in.
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