Recaps

Georgiana investigated the Shadow threat and devised a labyrinth powered by destructive magic to contain the Jiyin People, while Nick abandoned his Siberian plans and prepared to travel to Ili. After the summit, Georgiana left with Richard Lovell Edgeworth as her guardian and realized Bonaparte had misunderstood her warning about the person who might destroy Paris.

• Sun Zongyi faced blame and a lawsuit over equalized li-service as refugees labored near the river, while the provincial graduate struggled to make sense of Jiangnan.
• The provincial graduate dismissed fox-spirit rumors after a worker described being lured from the dike, and Nick learned about river defenses before mapping Qingjiangpu in a sand table.
• Georgiana investigated the Shadow after Matilda was found motionless, considered whether it sought her seal, and had wizards examine Bertin’s bills without using fire.
• Nick traveled to Nanjing with the provincial graduate, treated Wan Ning, and found his missing book and the imam’s manuscript before tearing out and hiding dangerous pages.
• Nick arrived in Beijing as Wan Ning entered the palace to learn court etiquette, then abandoned plans to investigate Jiyin in Siberia and decided to prepare for a journey to Ili.
• Georgiana designed a maze to trap the Jiyin People and proposed using destructive magic as its power source, while warning the summit that holding the Quidditch World Cup in Siberia would invite a major incident.
• Georgiana designed an enormous Deluminator beneath Paris surrounded by a Möbius-strip labyrinth, gave the plan to Carolan, and adjourned the summit after its main security goal was addressed.
• Richard Lovell Edgeworth became Georgiana’s guardian and traveled with her aboard the Pomona, where she realized Bonaparte had mistaken her warning about Grindelwald for a warning about Severus.

Georgiana accompanied Bonaparte through Belgium while pursuing plans for trade, industry, and education and confronting ghosts, rumors, and the strain of their relationship. The journey ended with Lyon ordering her back to Paris as she prepared for a masquerade and considered the danger of fairy bargains.

• Georgiana reached Ostend with Bonaparte and Edgeworth, met Grégoire, and learned that Bonaparte was ill and Matilda had dreamed of Anbar.
• Georgiana investigated the shadow haunting the palace, found Bonaparte sick in bed, and later challenged rumors about Josephine while discussing her own relationship with Richard Edgeworth.
• Georgiana toured the Belgian countryside with Bonaparte, investigated a ruined fortress and its tortured man’s ghost, and decided not to build on the site of Saint Donatian’s church.
• Georgiana promoted trade and canal improvements in Bruges and Ghent, while Bonaparte traveled with her through the region and rebuked Augereau for abandoning his post.
• At Lannes’s banquet, Georgiana wore Bertin’s Iliad-inspired gown and discussed a proposed masquerade at the botanical garden.
• Georgiana challenged Lyon over rumors about Josephine, then said she would dress as Undine for the masquerade as Lyon ordered her to return to Paris with him.
• Wendine told Lyon she wanted to end poverty while privately caring most about ending witch hunts, proposed that they dress as Smurfs, and reflected on the dangers of the other world.

Georgiana navigated political tensions, romantic conflict, and plans for Belgium’s development while traveling with Bonaparte. After despairing over her relationship, she decided to use Napoleon’s authority to challenge Muggle laws against witchcraft, then met William Wilberforce.

• At Lannes’s ball, Georgiana promoted soybean cultivation, met Chiara Robinson, and tried to manage gossip and political tensions.
• Georgiana confronted Chiara over the rumors, then accidentally revealed plans for a Britain-France telegraph line and angered Bonaparte.
• Georgiana agreed to help Bonaparte deliver letters and discussed the Dutch border and wizarding education with Adrian and other officials.
• During the journey toward Maastricht, Georgiana and Bonaparte’s intimacy deepened, while she worried about the border, the railway, and the workers’ harsh conditions.
• After dancing with Bonaparte by the Seine, Georgiana told Grégoire she was ready to end their relationship and later despaired that she was unwanted and unloved.
• Georgiana decided to use Napoleon’s authority to remove Muggle laws against witchcraft, then met William Wilberforce, who delivered a Christmas gift from Diamond Boy.

Georgiana navigated political danger, a suspected death at Bonaparte’s ball, and her growing doubts about how to protect people under his rule. Bonaparte turned her visit to St. Rumbold’s Cathedral into a public knighting ceremony, leaving her responsible for a charitable order whose supporters expected influence and useful property.

• Georgiana signed contracts for the Industrial Credit Bank and Ghent’s sugar-making equipment loan, then worried about the money she had given Ms. Brown for lobbying.
• At Bonaparte’s ball, Georgiana ordered the dead waiter removed and the party continued while she investigated, and Bonaparte later said Andre had taken too much opium.
• Georgiana ended the ball early and visited St. Rumbold’s Cathedral with Archbishop Roquelaure, where she learned about the Church’s institutions and their support for the poor.
• Georgiana watched the Mother Superior distribute food at St. Catherine’s Church and considered how financial support could persuade institutions to make concessions.
• Bonaparte arrived, took Georgiana from the chapel, and brought her back to the cathedral for a public ceremony attended by the Duke of Arenberg.
• Georgiana used Arenberg’s sword to invest twenty-six recipients in Bonaparte’s new charitable order of knights, including Aston Martin.
• Georgiana confronted Bonaparte about the ceremony, and Roquelaure revealed that Bonaparte had demanded either a sword-girding or a wedding that day.
• Georgiana learned that the order’s supporters expected donations to lead to titles and looked to her for useful property, then followed the Duke of Arenberg up the tower.