The+Looking+Glass+Wars+13-18

Chapters 13-18 are quite interesting. Among other things, Hatter has trouble adapting to France.  ª  Hatter Madigan lands in France. He doesn’t speak the language, and Alyss is nowhere in sight.  ª  People are quite afraid of him, due to all his weapons and funny outfit.  ª  The Frenchmen capture him by throwing a rug over his head and rolling him up in it.  ª  The Cat refuses to jump into the Pool of Tears.  ª  He knows that Redd will be livid if she finds Alyss isn’t dead.  ª  When she asks for her head, Cat holds up a piece of Alyss’ dress and tells the Queen that he devoured her.  ª  Bibwit Harte pledges loyalty to “Your Imperial Viciousness,” with plans to overthrow her.  ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">The Card families make lists of people loyal to Queen Genevieve that escaped, including Dodge Anders and General Doppelganger. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Redd claims the power of the Heart Crystal as her own. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">General Doppelganger, Dodge Anders, and the others who escaped hide out, trying to gather strength to take over Redd. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Dodge decides he is going back to get his father so he can bury him properly. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">The Rook and Dodge put on disguises and sneak back into the castle. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">They get his body and bury him. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Dodge is bitter. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Quigly takes Alyss to meet the other orphans. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">On the way Alyss makes a flower sing for him. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">The next day, Quigly attracts crowds and has Alyss do it again, and they make lots of money. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">But the longer she stays here, the weaker her imagination gets. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">One day, the power of her imagination fails all together, and the flower doesn’t sing at all. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Alyss makes another plan to get food for all of them. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">In the end, she is caught and sent to an orphanage. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Everyone tells her to stop talking about Wonderland and all that nonsense. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">She is adopted by Reverend Liddell and his wife. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Mrs. Liddell is very hard on Alyss and sends her to her room whenever she mentions Wonderland. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Alyss continues to draw pictures of Heart Palace so she doesn’t forget anything about it. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Her adopted sisters make fun of her. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">In school the mistress makes her write A-L-I-C-E 200 times. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Alyss meets Reverend Dodgson and tells her the entire story of Wonderland. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">He thinks she has made it up, and even included him in the story, thinking that her friend Dodge was actually him. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">He takes notes and tells them it will be their story. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">She is ecstatic, thinking that the world will now know the truth about Wonderland. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">Meanwhile, Hatter Madigan is brought to court. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">The Magistrate tells them to unroll Hatter. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">As soon as they do, Hatter breaks out and takes off. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ª  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-themecolor: text2;">He is feeling horrible, almost shameful, that he can’t find Alyss and has let down Queen Genevieve.