The Haunted Inkwell

St. Grimald priory is now free of invasive ghosts, and everyone's attention turns to entertaining Felicity Smedley, Prudence Honeysett's "witch-like" best friend. With her gentle guidance, Freddy grows even more into his gifts as a powerful medium and takes it upon himself to work on things outside priory walls. But while practice makes perfect, it also leads Freddy down an unexpected road involving a ghostly mother's plea. The encounter reopens wounds from the recent past and darkens his idyllic life under his aunt's ever-watchful and protective eye. In the meantime, Jonathan Beverly's efforts at clearing out his late uncle's maddening hoard unearths an old inkwell, one that comes with its own genie-like ghost. And not just any ghost at that - Mr. Murgatroyd is a busybody, a terrible gossip and family chronicler who's determined to annoy the staid Mr. Beverly to distraction with endless accounts of the family's history of wild living. Family drama continues in the Bisset household as well with the police force not taking to Antigonous's anti-spiritualist efforts kindly, Lucinda expanding her circle of spritualism enthusiasts, and Trevelyan adding salt to the gentleman's wounds by trotting off to woo a blasted medium. What's a respectable father to do, indeed? Why, turn to his irritable sister, her induldgent witch-like friend, and his despairing oldest son for advice, of course. The dust hasn't quite settled yet as more madcap adventures are recounted in letters and journal entries in this installment of Ghosts and Tea.