Lady Friday

On Earth, the fifth Trustee, lady Friday, is masquerading as a doctor, whom everybody likes because she is very beautiful and refined.Arthur, the sixth trustee Saturday and another powerful Denizen called the Piper all receive a message from lady Friday that she has abdicated the rule of her part of the House, called the 'Middle House', and that the first of them to reach her scriptorium can claim the fifth Key and her domain as their own.Along with each message is sent a 'transfer plate' that sends whoever touches it straight to the Middle House (which is a giant, terraced mountain).Then they go to Friday's scriptorium, where the Piper orders Ugham to take what looks like the fifth Key.The book ends with a note that Suzy got from Ugham before his death, which reads: "For the last time, I do not wish to intervene.
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