THE MYSTERIOUS HOWLING

Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said: “They must have been raised by wolves. ” The Incorrigible Children actually were. Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander age ten or thereabouts keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips; Cassiopeia perhaps four or five has a bark that is (usually) worse than her bite; and Beowulf age somewhere-in-the-middle is alarmingly adept at chasing squirrels. Luckily Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess. Only fifteen years old and a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females Penelope embraces the challenge of her new position. But mysteries abound at Ashton Place: Who are these three wild creatures and how did they come to live in the vast forests of the estate? Why does Old Timothy the coachman lurk around every corner? Will Penelope be able to teach the Incorrigibles table manners and socially useful phrases in time for Lady Constance’s holiday ball? And what on earth is a schottische? Penelope is no stranger to mystery as her own origins are also cloaked in secrecy. But as Agatha Swanburne herself once said “Things may happen for a reason but that doesn’t mean we know what the reason is - at least not yet. ”