Diana and Matthew meet Gallowglass in London. Because 16th-century England and France use different calendars, they arrive on England’s Christmas Eve. They meet Françoise and Henry at an inn in Blackfriars.

A conversation between Pierre and Matthew wakes Diana up in the middle of the night. Matthew says a Scottish wizard named Fian has been sentenced to death. Matthew looked through files kept by the Knights of Lazarus to find out why Fian’s neighbors, who previously loved him, turned on him. Matthew once ignored the suffering of other creatures, but Diana has changed him. 

Diana hugs Matthew to her stomach, and he senses she’s pregnant. Matthew is shocked but happy. Diana is newly serious about using the timewalk “to figure out who I was, so that I could help my child understand his place in the world” (217).

Matthew says they must go back to the 21st century to monitor their child. Diana wants to stay, get a tutor, find out more about her identity, and look for Ashmole 782. He agrees to find her a tutor and figure out how to leave before she’s seven weeks pregnant.

The School of Night decide to introduce Diana to

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