mr david gill
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Mark Hayden:
Hi Mark, I've just finished the 13th witch. I really enjoyed this but have been left puzzled about conflicting info about Keira's mother in the book. Who was she and how did she let Keira into the hall? When did Conrad meet her? She's named as Augusta by the 1st witch but Conrad didn't meet anyone called that. Thanks Jo
Mark Hayden
Hi there - Jo? Mr Gill?
I'm glad that you enjoyed the book - and I am always happy to answer readers' questions, even if I have to think about them. I sincerely hope that you go on to try the next book in the series - and the rest.
There are over 1.4 million words in the KW series (so far). I have a good memory, but no one's memory is that good. However, readers are very important to me, and this is a fair question, and I was *sure* I'd dealt with it in the book, so off I went to check...
In Chapter 10, Conrad is served coffee by "a woman whose name I forget and with whom I barely exchanged a word all day."
That's Augusta, though he doesn't know it at the time.
In Chapter 12, John Deans identifies a woman in a photograph as being Keira's mother, and Conrad recognises her as having served him coffee.
Having made that connection, he knows that Augusta is in a position to give Keira admission to Lunar Hall.
If you do find the series enjoyable, you'll meet Augusta again a few times as a very minor character doing a very different job - needless to say, the Lunar Sisters were not happy with her.
I hope this clarifies things and I had fun re-reading the book to track down the exact locations.
Best wishes,
Mark Hayden.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the book - and I am always happy to answer readers' questions, even if I have to think about them. I sincerely hope that you go on to try the next book in the series - and the rest.
There are over 1.4 million words in the KW series (so far). I have a good memory, but no one's memory is that good. However, readers are very important to me, and this is a fair question, and I was *sure* I'd dealt with it in the book, so off I went to check...
In Chapter 10, Conrad is served coffee by "a woman whose name I forget and with whom I barely exchanged a word all day."
That's Augusta, though he doesn't know it at the time.
In Chapter 12, John Deans identifies a woman in a photograph as being Keira's mother, and Conrad recognises her as having served him coffee.
Having made that connection, he knows that Augusta is in a position to give Keira admission to Lunar Hall.
If you do find the series enjoyable, you'll meet Augusta again a few times as a very minor character doing a very different job - needless to say, the Lunar Sisters were not happy with her.
I hope this clarifies things and I had fun re-reading the book to track down the exact locations.
Best wishes,
Mark Hayden.
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mr david gill
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Mark Hayden:
Thanks for your speedy response Mark. I really appreciate you going to the trouble of checking for me. That makes sense now. I must have missed the bit in chapter 10 then which is why I was confused. I will definitely go on to read some more of the series. I'm Jo(anna) Gill, but my kindle account is in my husbands name for some reason I can't remember! I hadn't realised it came up as his name on the question.?
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