Archibald Craven has always been a selfish and self-indulgent man, and there have been very few willing to challenge him when he went into his darker moods since Lilias Craven died. In the days since he
quarreled with Lucy Pevensie he indulged himself first by shutting himself up in his rooms and later by expressing his will rather forcibly to the
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"Did you infect him?"
Colin feels Archibald looks like he's sick.
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He grins at Mary.
"I'll make a lovely stepmother, shan't I?"
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"He is bespelled! He has bespelled him - he wants to be your stepmother so he can be awful and turn you into things!"
. . . all right, so it's a slightly alarmist conclusion.
"Colin, you must not let him - you must stay here and stop him from doing anything," she says, frantically, and runs off into the bar.
Help must be found before Puck finds a preacher!
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"I don't think she much likes me."
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"My father is far too old to get married again. And I do not wish him to marry you. Or for me to be turned into anything.
"Also, you are male."
Puck may have missed this fact, you see.
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Thirty-six is quite a respectable age to get married, especially if one is a wealthy landowner with small children who need more care than one father can give them.
"Of course Robin will not turn you into anything. You have been reading Grimm's fairy tales for too long, Colin, and I should give you more proper books for a boy of your age."
Archibald makes no comment on Puck's gender, as he has temporarily forgotten that gender is a relevant issue to consider when choosing a mate.
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"I'm sure 'tis only that it is all so sudden. I expect the children shall soon grow used to me."
A tilt of his head. "Though if I may suggest ... I hear that the Ethica Nicomachea is just the thing for a growing lad."
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Breathlessly: "It is all right, Uncle - we are going to save you!"
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"Really, Mary, I do not know what is the matter with you and Colin tonight."
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He glares daggers at Puck.
No. More like meat cleavers and broadswords.
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"Why, Master Maxwell-- surely you wouldn't think to stand in the way of true love?"
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Dickon's voice is low, and he's very definitely addressing Mary and Duo and not Archibald.
Archibald is not going to hear any accusations of not being in his right mind from Dickon.
"I think I c'n 'elp 'im, but...'e must be asleep for it t' work proper, I think."
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