Anne

The Large Family has adopted Sara entirely. They come to hear her stories and she tells them gladly, including the one they most want — the story of the magic transformation, told from the inside: the cold attic, the long errand in the rain, the door opening onto fire and cushions and warmth, the moment of not quite believing it was real. Carrisford listens from his chair. When she finishes, he tells his side: Ram Dass's reports, the plan that grew from them, the night of the transformation from the outside.

Carrisford is, within a month, a different man. He and Sara have found that they suit each other in the way that is only occasionally possible between two people. He invents surprises for her. She calls him Uncle Tom. He calls her his Little Missus — using, without knowing it, the private name Captain Crewe used to give her. He does not find this coincidence strange, and she does not mention it.

Anne is the name of the beggar girl from the bread scene. She has been taken in by the baker's wife, who has found steady work for her and is teaching her to read. Sara hears this from Mrs. Carmichael, who heard it from the baker's wife. Sara sits with this knowledge for a moment. Then she and Carrisford begin making arrangements. A dog arrives at the door — a large Russian boarhound — with a silver-and-gold collar. The inscription reads: I am Boris. I serve the Princess Sara. The novel ends.