Camilla lifts her chin. "Silas is going to read to us from the Blue Fairy Book," she tells the newcomer. "He doesn't need help to read, do you, Silas? He said he would read to me," she adds, a little uncertain now. Is this new man going to take the book away? You never know what to expect in a dream.

"You can listen with us," she offers, to appease him before he can take anything.