Recaps

Georgiana worked to promote Brussels’s industry and public welfare while navigating its politics, caring for Padma, and touring its museum and exhibition. At the Royal Opera House, Bonaparte told her he was leaving that night, and they parted after agreeing to write and meet at Compiègne.

• Georgiana attended the Brussels ball, where Bonaparte joined her for the opening dance and later took her to the palace.
• Georgiana found Padma crying, comforted her, and promised to help her hide a wand in a glove.
• Georgiana warned officials against prison labor and poor treatment of Irish migrants, while discussing canals, trade, and Brussels’s development with Bonaparte and other leaders.
• Georgiana attended Lupe’s mayoral proceedings and a public celebration, then addressed the crowd at the Industrial Promotion Bank ceremony.
• Georgiana toured the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences with Padma and others, debated the Beast of Gévaudan display, and proposed soda water and museum improvements.
• Georgiana visited Metz and the Brussels Exhibition and Trade Center, where she pressed for work and compensation for villagers and arranged gifts for the banquet guests and Tsar Alexander.
• Georgiana went to the Royal Opera House with Padma and watched The Magic Flute before Constant brought her to meet Bonaparte.
• Bonaparte told Georgiana he was leaving Brussels that night, and she asked him to write and reminded him of their planned meeting at Compiègne before they embraced and kissed goodbye.

Georgiana navigated political pressure, financial schemes, and personal doubts while dealing with a rescued woman who proved to be a bandit. After Napoleon funded Brussels Avenue, Georgiana searched for ways to raise money and found a crowded banking hall at Tervuren Castle that might need expansion.

• Georgiana learned of a plot to assassinate Napoleon, rejected Henry Petty’s advice to report Bonaparte’s movements, and ordered the suspected assassins brought to her.
• Georgiana met White Shavit, heard his account of prison reform and the boy Leon’s death, and received Napoleon’s ruling that directed confiscated Valenciennes funds to public works.
• Georgiana decided Brussels’s city walls should be demolished and their rubble used to pave Brussels Avenue, while worrying that France’s Louisiana sale could revive slave trading and war.
• Georgiana rescued a ragged woman who called herself Betty, then discovered through Veritaserum that Betty belonged to a murderous bandit gang and handed her and the plan to catch the gang to Chabert.
• Charlotte questioned Georgiana about Bonaparte and warned her that Saint Merry might be exploiting their parties, while Georgiana struggled to write him about her fears and her ideas for restraining ambition.
• After Betty’s arrest prompted hundreds of reports of missing relatives and highway robberies, Georgiana learned Napoleon had provided 200,000 Franc for the road and went looking for a way to raise 26 million Franc.
• Georgiana visited a farm near Laeken Castle and then found workers using Tervuren Castle’s ballroom as a crowded banking hall, where she considered the need for more rooms and language sections.

Georgiana pursued plans to help the poor while confronting an attack on Philippa, Margarita’s kidnapping, and the return of strange magical signs. The stretch ended with Georgiana calling Mr. Lestrange after hearing about Barrymore’s plans for a theater.

• Georgiana used wandless magic in the forest, then found blood on her hand as a black dog watched her.
• Georgiana met Rutger and Philippa at a former abbey estate, then survived Beckland’s attack when his men mistook Philippa for her.
• Georgiana received Bonaparte’s letter and dreamed of a Shadow that asked whether she wanted revenge against the world.
• Georgiana investigated Vermeer’s painting methods with Laggett, Fargeon, and Fresnel, while Pomona reflected on her captivity and Severus.
• Georgiana discovered that Leona’s gang had kidnapped Margarita, then rode a Thestral with Fiegel to rescue her and saw Leona surrender.
• Georgiana proposed social reforms to Langenhoven and warned Ledrell that the bond scheme could be vulnerable to Spain’s need for cash and foreign control of Belgian projects.
• Charlotte told Georgiana about Richard Barrymore’s boxing wager and plans for a theater near Charing Cross Road, and Georgiana summoned Mr. Lestrange.

Georgiana navigated political unrest, her conflict with Duroc over Theresa Campini, and plans for Bagatelle while strange magical encounters continued. The story shifted back to Pomona at Hogwarts, where Newt Scamander revealed that she was not human and invited her to a picnic.

• Georgiana investigated Shared Vision and reports of unrest, while British officials refused to assist the French inquiry and warnings surfaced of coordinated uprisings.
• Georgiana confronted Duroc over Theresa Campini, then welcomed Theresa and her mother and resolved to support her dancing and open a ballet school.
• Georgiana encountered Grindelwald in a flooded corridor, copied a silvery memory thread, and later discussed Alice’s rejection and Layla’s control of the party’s guest list.
• Albus showed the professors Harry’s memory of defeating Quirrell, while Pomona distracted Snape as Neville slipped away and later urged Neville to prepare to defend himself.
• Georgiana met Alt von Leschwitz, considered using American mercenaries and Prussian policy to advance her plans, then was escorted by French dragoons to a monastery near Brussels being considered for a prison.
• Pomona met Newt Scamander at Hogwarts, discussed Buckbeak and the Basilisk, and let him take away the living turtle she had mistaken for a rock.
• Scamander told Pomona she was not human, asked about her werewolf friend’s improved Wolfsbane Potion, and invited her to a picnic.