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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Chapter 4 · The Coming Change

Summary

Change feels close as Merricat clings to her magic words, wanders the fields with Jonas, and checks her buried safeguards. The calm breaks when Cousin Charles arrives at the house, slips inside, and unsettles Merricat’s sense of safety and control.

Key Events

  1. Merricat resists her magic words while sensing that “change” is near, and Constance worries that Uncle Julian is growing weaker.
  2. Merricat wanders with Jonas through the long field and hiding place, then finds her fallen protective book and realizes too late that danger is coming.
  3. Merricat and Constance talk about staying together, while Charles walks through the village toward the black rock with the villagers watching.
  4. Charles reaches the house, Constance lets him inside, and Merricat sees that the family’s wall of safety has cracked.
  5. Merricat flees to the creek with Jonas, hides beneath the trees, and decides she must nail something powerful to the tree again.

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