A Very Unusual Headmistress
P ROLOGUE The pup ran. The passage was long and dark. Shadowy doorways and misty windows flashed past on all sides, but the pup ran on. The fort was huge. Passage after passage whirled by, and the walls loomed fearsomely over the tiny pup. There was nobody else about. On all sides echoes rumbled, and menacing spaces gaped. The night was deserted and she flew along like a speck of dust in a sleeping valley, but she didn't care. This was an emergency. ...