When Shard, embracing Luviya, opened his eyes on Wednesday morning, the first thing he thought wasn't "a strange ceiling," but rather that he had finally reached this day.
Get up, let out the cat from the cabinet, wash up, go home to get goat milk and newspapers, and head to the hotel for breakfast.
Today, Priest Augustus and Dr. Schneider did not have breakfast with Shard. They had left early in the rain; Priest Augustus had to meet with Mr. Nicholas Green, the Old Ghoul, one last time. The doctor, upon hearing of the existence of such a highly intelligent ghoul, wanted to see him too—he seemed to think the individual's mental state was quite an interesting research topic.
In a rare occurrence, Dorothy, who should have still been sleeping at seven o'clock, was already awake. She had breakfast with Shard and Luviya at the same table. While Shard perused the newspaper, Miss Writer asked Luviya:
"Did you stay overnight at his place last night?"
