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Hoid introduces the subject of his story, a girl named Glorf whom everyone calls Tress. He describes her home island, [[Diggen's Point]], as a dismal place, and tells of the dangers of the [[Aether spores]] that fall from the [[Verdant Lunagree]]. Despite her surroundings, Tress likes it there on the island, and is happy there.
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* [[Charlie's father]] (mentioned only)
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Hoid continues to describe Tress as completely ordinary, but thoughtful and polite. She loves cups, and enjoys the story that each cup seems to tell. Tress goes up to the duke's mansion to visit Charlie, the duke's son. Charlie pretends to be a simple groundskeeper, but as always, does an unconvincing job of it. Tress gives him a pie, and shows him her newest cup. He entertains her with his stories and ideas, and in turn asks her about her day, wanting to know every detail.
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Charlie rests his hand on Tress' hand. Tress wants to say something romantic, but fumbles with her words. He smiles at her, but Tress glimpses his father watching through the window. She leaves shortly thereafter. The next morning, she hears news that the duke and his son are leaving the island that very day.
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Tress learns that Charlie is to be married off to a princess on a distant island. She doesn't act out, but instead goes about her daily business, distracted by her thoughts of Charlie. Charlie finds her and speaks to her, and Tress says she wishes he didn't have to go marry someone else. Charlie promises her that he won't marry any of the princesses, that he'll be so boring that none of them can stand him. He promises to send her a cup at every stop, after he gets the resident princess to reject him. Charlie is summoned by his father, and he gets on a ship with his family and departs. In the following months, Tress receives several cups and letters from Charlie, describing how he offended or grossed out various marriage candidates. But eventually, the cups stop coming. A year after Charlie's departure, word arrives at Diggen's Point that the duke is returning with his wife, heir, and daughter-in-law.
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* [[Princess of Dormancy]]
* [[Flik]]
* [[Brunswick]]
* [[Charlie]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lem]] (mentioned only)
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Tress sits on her porch, crying and regretting not having said more to Charlie before he left. The duke and his family arrive, but his "heir" is clearly not Charlie. He announces that due to an unfortunate accident, he had to adopt his nephew Dirk as his heir. The duke announces a party, and Tress finds Flik, one of the duke's servants. Flik explains that Charlie tried hard to put off all the princesses, but the duke figured out what he was doing and sent him to the Midnight Sea, where he was captured by the Sorceress. Tress learns from the duke's steward, Brunswick, that they'd received a ransom letter from the Sorceress, which the duke declared to be a trick. After two months of lethargically going about her daily tasks, Tress decides to go out and save Charlie on her own.
== Part 2 ==
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