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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Chapter 1 · Village Gauntlet

Summary

Merricat introduces herself, her fierce likes and dislikes, and the ordered world she shares with Constance. On shopping days she must cross a hostile village, where gossip, mockery, and old grudges make every errand feel like a test of survival. Her mind turns the walk into a game of risk and defiance.

Key Events

  1. Mary Katherine Blackwood introduces herself, says she is eighteen, and explains that she lives with Constance while everyone else in her family is dead.
  2. Merricat describes the Blackwoods’ order of “stable possessions,” showing how the house is built from property, routine, and careful placement.
  3. Merricat goes into the village for books and food, choosing a route past Main Street, the black rock, and the locked gate that leads home.
  4. At the grocery and Stella’s, Merricat endures watching, gossip, and a cruel joke from Jim Donell about the Blackwoods “moving away.”
  5. As children chant “Merricat, said Connie,” Merricat retreats into her moon fantasy and hurries back to the black rock and the safety of home.

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