Ghosts of Greenglass House

***"And when I asked why he supposed I might be able to do the impossible, he said, 'Because I believe you are special.'"*
Liao to Lucy on Blister, *Bluecrowne*, p. 133
*This article is on a subject existing outside the universe of the Greenglass House series.***

## Publication order

### Followed by

*Bluecrowne*

*****G********hosts of Greenglass House*** is the second book in the Greenglass House series. It was written by Kate Milford and illustrated by Jaime Zollars, and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2017.

## Publisher's summary

Welcome to the irresistible world of Greenglass House, where thirteen-year-old Milo is spending the winter holidays stuck in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem. There are fresh clues to uncover as friends old and new join in his search for a mysterious map and a famous smuggler’s lost haul.

Sure to thrill both fans and newcomers, this smart, suspenseful tale offers ghosts, friendships, and a cast of unforgettable characters, all wrapped up in a cozy mystery.

## Plot

Milo Pine sat in the living room of Greenglass House, feeling cranky about both the frost and, really, his troubles in social studies class due to his teacher, Mr. Chancelor. Emmett Syebuck, the only guest at Greenglass House, asked to stay longer, much to Milo's annoyance. Milo told Mr. Pine what had happened in social studies, and his father sympathized.

The bell then rang, the new bell, the one not for the *Whilforber Whirlwind* but for the Belowground Transit station. There, Milo and Mr. Pine found Brandon, and Clem and Georgie with him. Clem and Georgie explained that they were fleeing, after a heist that had gone wrong. They pretended it was a bachelorette weekend, as Clem and Owen were getting married.

The two thieves settled in, and speculated about whether Emmett was who he said he was. When asked about Meddy's whereabouts, Milo expressed frustration; he hadn't seen his friend for a year and missed her very much. Clem called Owen, then Dr. Gowervine in an attempt to find out about Emmett, but he didn't pick up. Over dinner, Emmett expressed his fondness for Greenglass House's windows. They then toasted Clem and Georgie.

Emmett went upstairs to check out one of the windows, and while he was gone Georgie and Clem told the Pines the details of their heist-gone-wrong. They had worked on a heist together for the first time, which was possibly going to be Clem's last thieving job, as she might quit forever for Owen. They explained what had happened: they had gotten the whole haul, but had to involve a third person, Gilawfer, who they suspected was attempting to double-cross them. Additionally, they had discovered another thief at work, looking for the same thing, who they suspected was going to try to steal it back from them, and who they thought to be the master thief Cantlebone. The thing they had been trying to steal was the legendary derrotero, but it had not been in the haul.

Georgie went to start a project, and Clem began to teach Milo how to use the lockpicks she'd gifted him the previous year. Emmett criticized Georgie's methods in creating a hollow coin, and she became very annoyed with him. In the morning, when Milo woke, he read a passage from *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book* called "The Game of Maps", and wondered if the derrotero was not a book of maps but rather a movable map. He then got out of bed, and when he went to fetch Emmett for breakfast, Emmett inquired if Georgie was single, to Milo's annoyance.

Mrs. Caraway, Lizzie, and Mrs. Pine insisted that Georgie and Clem do a better job of pretending to be on a bachelorette weekend. They sent them upstairs and made a mask for their faces, and when Georgie and Clem returned, they seemed more relaxed. Emmett asked more about Georgie's project, to her annoyance.

Milo heard something outside. Others came to look out the window with him, and Mr. Pine recognized the people arriving as the Waits, coming from the Liberty of Gammerbund. Milo agreed to invite the Waits in, despite the creepiness of the hobby horse skull they had with them. The Waits sang carols as they approached, but one of them accidentally set the cloak of her hood on fire because of the branch of candles she carried. Three other Waits were able to extinguish the flame by dunking her into a bucket, and the Waits then recovered and began to sing again. The one playing the chimney sweep ascended the stairs to the house first, and was forcefully reminded to walk right foot first, because of tradition. Milo then fed the hobby horse skull a lump of sugar.

The Waits came inside and introduced themselves, Barbara Kirkegrim, the woman who had caught fire; Sylvester Alforn, the man with the wild hair and the bells; Lucia "Lucky" Julnissen, the lady with the green crown; Nicholas Larven, the man with the wooden mask; Rupert "Rob" Gandreider, the chimney sweep; Peter Hakelbarend, the hobby horse's handler; and Marzana, the hobby horse. Sylvester attempted to kiss Lucky, but she slapped him in the face. Some things were awkward, but Georgie and Lucky immediately clicked. Emmett sketched Rob and Sylvester. Clem asked about the Waits, and Lucky and Mr. Hakelbarend told of the Raw Nights and how the Waits brought good luck.

Rob went to start sweeping the chimney. Milo showed Mrs. Kirkegrim upstairs to the bathroom, and Marzana up for some quiet. Milo showed Marzana the windows, then went into his room for some quiet himself. Mrs. Kirkegrim and Marzana were then conked on the head, by something (or someone) they said neither had seen. When Milo entered the living room, he could barely see because of the haze. In cleaning the chimney, Rob had spewed ash all over the living room. Milo told Mrs. Pine the news, and after providing Mrs. Kirkegrim with aspirin and both with a room in which to lie down, Milo, Mrs. Pine, and Georgie speculated about what could have happened. They then told Mr. Hakelbarend, who judging by his reaction seemed to have suspected that something would happen while the Waits were there.

Milo suggested that the guests tell stories, recalling how the previous year, the stories had helped him figure out what had brought each guest to the house. However, no one could think of one to tell. Mr. Larven then dumped his drink over his shirt, called Lizzie Caraway a pepper grinder, and then passed out. Through a series of acrobatic moves, Clem kicked the punch cup out of Mrs. Pine's hand. Georgie asked if Clem did not think Mr. Larven just drunk, but Clem reminded her of the weird accident upstairs.

Milo went outside to prevent himself from having a meltdown. He walked around the grounds, which were beautiful in the evening, and felt himself calming down. Milo wished he could become Negret again, but felt he needed Meddy to do that. Milo then saw a shadow on the edge of the lawn, and recognized it as the ghost of Doc Holystone. Milo approached the ghost. The two talked, Milo telling him about Meddy, and Doc Holystone explaining that he felt something wrong in the house. Milo then mentioned the derrotero, and told about Georgie and Clem's heist. Doc Holystone commented on Gilawfer, telling Milo that Mr. Vinge had been Gilawfer's handler. Doc mused that perhaps the derrotero did not look like a book, but was in disguise. Milo promised to relay the warning and suggestion to Clem and Georgie, and Doc requested that Milo try to avoid mentioning him.

Milo returned to the house. Rob was in the fireplace when he arrived, and still, no one had a story. They spoke of Mr. Larven's health and Mr. Pine commented that Mrs. Kirkegrim and Marzana should be checked on. Milo spoke with his father, who commented on all the weirdness. Lucky apologized for all the things that had happened, then she and Milo spoke, with Milo asking about the Liberty. Milo then went to his room. In bed, he saw the Sirin figurine next to his bed, suddenly missed Meddy, and began to cry. He sat that way for about thirty minutes, then decided to stop waiting for Negret and Sirin, packed his rucksack, and stepped out into the hall.

There in the hallway stood Meddy, his ghost friend. Milo pulled her into his room, and exclaimed about how much he'd missed her. Meddy decided it had been a year since she'd last showed up. Milo asked if she felt something wrong in the house, and Meddy realized she did, then told Milo that she was quite sure the wrongness was him; she'd never seen him so upset. Meddy requested that Milo fill her in on everything, which he gladly did. Meddy then suggested that Milo needed a different character for this, to help him deal with the his feelings and the chaotic group instead of simply being sneaky. Milo told Meddy about how he'd seen her father's ghost. She went to the window to try to wave to him, but he was not there.

Milo and Meddy then went to the Emporium, and Meddy found the appropriate Odd Trails manual. They eventually picked a character for Milo, a cross between a fervent ecstatic and a solitaire. On Meddy's prompting, Milo found a locus, Slywhisker's Crimson Casket of Relics and its contents, and Meddy provided him with a ring and showed him the other things she'd found. Milo shared his character's name, Tēngféi, which meant 'flying' in Mandarin.

Milo and Meddy went to Clem and Georgie's room to talk to the two thieves. Clem and Georgie were awake and both in Georgie's room, and they invited Milo and Meddy (whom they could see) in right away. Meddy told them that Gilawfer had been associated with Mr. Vinge, and Georgie swore and banged her head against the wall, commenting that her not having found this out was one more thing she'd screwed up. Clem assured her that it was okay, and not her fault. Milo asked them if they thought the things happening with the Waits and the heist were connected, and Georgie and Clem were sure they were. Milo asked why, and they revealed that someone had stolen the entire haul. They were upset at themselves that they hadn't hidden the things better, and revealed that they'd searched Emmett's room, to Milo's annoyance, and had had to leave via the fire escape to avoid being caught. They told Milo about the haul and he promised to keep them posted.

Mrs. Pine met Milo on the stairs and greeted Meddy, telling them about her plans to place the Waits in guest rooms. Lucky arrived and gave no sign that she saw Meddy. Meddy was baffled that some people could see her and others couldn't, and Milo theorized that once Meddy had shown herself to someone, it stuck. They went to Milo's room and looked over the clues, and Milo told Meddy what he knew about each Wait and they wrote it down. They wondered about explanations for the disturbances, and Milo realized what was going on: someone wanted to make sure the Waits could not leave that night.

Meddy wanted to see her father, but neither could come closer on the lawn. Meddy sent Milo to talk to Doc instead. Doc Holystone promised that they would find a way to see each other, asked what Milo had found out, and promised to try to stop someone escaping if they tried. He told Milo a story about Violet Cross at Milo's request. Milo returned to Meddy and relayed Doc's message. They then saw someone inside, sneaking around, and realized it was Sylvester. Milo and Meddy crept inside to find out what Sylvester was doing, and found him not stashing stolen things but cleaning. Sylvester eventually noticed Milo and explained that he was cleaning, to do the Pines a favor and to give himself peace of mind. Meddy commented on Sylvester's shirt, wanting one of her own. At Sylvester's request Milo went for a duster, but sent Meddy instead. While Meddy went for the duster, Milo found in the trash the tea ball that had been used to make the punch. He looked inside, and found holly berries. Milo deemed that Mr. Larven had been poisoned by the berries someone had put in the punch.

Milo directed Sylvester toward the food. Meddy, thinking of the derrotero, provided Milo with a book: *The Skidwrack: A Visual History*, which she had thought might be useful, and Milo recognized it as the one Mr. Vinge had left behind when he'd fled Greenglass House the previous year. Milo was going to bed when he heard a creak from upstairs. He found Georgie searching other rooms, and when Emmett appeared he invented a story about Georgie's toilet having overflowed. He told her about Sylvester being downstairs, and she went down too. Milo entered Georgie's room to go along with the toilet story, and thought. Suddenly he realized two perfect places to hide the things, and Milo began to search Georgie's room. Clem entered, he told her what he was doing, and Clem, seeming angry at herself for not thinking of it, went to search her own room. In Georgie's room, Milo found part of the spherical chalkboard inside the toilet tank and the other part atop the curtain rod.

Meddy fetched Georgie, and Milo, Clem, and Georgie began to comb Georgie's room. Milo found the smuggler cards inside the lampshade. Milo realized that the thief must have broken Georgie's coffeemaker, and found the parts of the whalebone fan inside of the napkins. Meddy carried the things herself, where the Waits and Emmett, who could not see her, would not be able to find them. Meddy promised to keep the things safe. Milo, exhausted, then went to bed.

When Milo woke in the morning, he created the backstory for his character Tēngféi. Milo read about the powers of his character from the Odd Trails manual, then imagined the monastery and family from Tēngféi's past. Meddy found Milo and reported that she had watched Sylvester for a while and thought he was telling the truth, before going onto the roof to look for her dad, but she had not seen him.
Milo and Meddy went downstairs. Each adult greeted Meddy awkwardly, which made her uncomfortable and she was quite sure they would give her away if they continued to do so. Sylvester was still asleep on the couch. The other guests soon woke, and Lucky made Sylvester coffee as a thank-you for the cleaning. Milo told Meddy of his plans to make storytelling work, and used the feather locus to become his character Tēngféi.

Milo talked to Lucky about caroling. She explained why the Waits had not come to Greenglass House for a couple of years. Lucky told Milo how the carolers showed up and practiced, then went out caroling. Milo thought this seemed too normal, but then realized this comment had been taken as an insult to the residents of the Liberty of Gammerbund. He explained what he'd actually meant, and Lucky told him about the lore surrounding hobby horses. Milo inquired at why each Wait had chosen to go caroling, but did not get much of an answer. The Waits began to attempt to leave, but Mrs. Pine insisted that they stay for brunch. Meddy told Milo that this was good, because this way maybe they could recover the stolen things. Mrs. Pine heard Meddy's words and exclaimed about something being stolen, but Mrs. Caraway covered it up by saying that Lizzie was going to make stollen, and Lizzie had forgotten to get it ready.

Milo and Meddy went upstairs to try to find the rest of the stolen things. Milo heard a door click, went into the room, and found Georgie in the bathtub trying to appear as if she belonged there. Milo scolded Georgie for searching the other guests' rooms just like she'd assured Milo was unnecessary and she wouldn't do. Georgie fetched Clem, and they searched the hallways after promising Milo not to search guest rooms.
The bell then rang; someone else had shown up. Owen came up the stairs looking for Clem, apparently not fooled by her lies about a bachelorette weekend. Georgie and Milo did sentry duty while Owen talked to Clem. Clem admitted what had happened, and Owen realized she'd thought he wanted her to quit being a thief for good, and assured her he had not meant anything of the sort. Clem began to cry.

Milo and Meddy went downstairs. Mrs. Kirkegrim was sitting in Milo's favorite spot to watch the guests, however. Meddy spied the next best sport: at the table where Marzana sat. Milo did not want to sit next to Marzana, but Meddy made him. Marzana asked him about the house's windows, and Milo told her which was his favorite, and which a lot of other people liked. Milo pointed out to her the ship chandelier over the dining table. Milo then asked about the Liberty of Gammerbund, and Marzana said that he should ask Mr. Hakelbarend. Milo inquired how she'd known about Greenglass House, and she told him that her mother had told her.

Marzana then provided an opening for Milo to suggest stories again, which he gladly did. The guests agreed, and began to wash dishes so that the telling could begin sooner. Milo and Meddy sat behind the Christmas tree after Georgie reluctantly discracted Emmett. They discussed clues, and Meddy suspected Lucky, though Milo wasn't sure.

Owen then talked to Milo, and Milo poured out his troubles at school with Mr. Chancelor. Owen shared how he'd had similar feelings as a kid, and offered suggestions about how Milo could best talk to Mr. Chancelor, or have his parents do it. Owen then provided Milo with some letters written by Liao Bluecrowne, to prove to Mr. Chancelor that Milo was right about the Bluecrownes having lived in Nagspeake before the War of 1812.

Dr. Gowervine called on the phone. He said that the situation with Emmett was complicated, but the phone played only a dial tone before Clem could hear what the professor had to say. Milo went and confronted Emmett, pretending he'd heard what Dr. Gowervine had said. He found Emmett looking much more mature and in control of himself than he had before, and seeming prepared to come face to face with whatever he thought they must now know, seemingly having somehow found out that Dr. Gowervine had called.

Emmett, however, called Milo's bluff, but nevertheless talked to Milo. Milo laid his cards on the table, admitting that Dr. Gowervine had not told them who Emmett was, and saying that Georgie thought Emmett to be whoever had robbed the contents of the haul from them. Emmett confirmed that he knew this, and inquired whether the things Georgie and Clem had taken were being returned to their rightful owners, and after some consideration Milo answered that Georgie and Clem were the rightful owners. Emmett explained that he'd been watching the two of them because Clem knew how to pick locks, and admitted that he was interested in Georgie from a romantic standpoint, and not just using that as a part of the character he'd been playing. Emmett showed Milo his customs ID, and explained that he was not actually one of Deacon and Morvengarde's thugs, like Mr. Vinge. He had come to Greenglass House because of Mr. Vinge's stories, but at a time of year when he'd thought no one would show up, having already made up his mind about how he would report on the house. Emmett explained that he was actually an art student, the reason for his extending his stay. Emmett assured Milo that he did not see a legal problem with letting smugglers stay at the inn, and Milo believed what Emmett had said.

Emmett talked to Milo's parents. Milo told Clem and Georgie what had happened, then informed Mr. Larven of the poisonous berries he'd found in the punch. Mr. Larven did not believe Milo, though most of the others did. The Waits then argued about what had been the cause of the disturbances, some blaming Rob for the chimney cleaning, Rob in turn blaming Lucky, Sylvester assuring Lucky it was not her fault, and Rob shifting his blame to tradition instead. Georgie went onto the screened porch to talk to Emmett, and sometime during their conversation she threw the small mirrors for her stereoscope project onto the floor in fury and shouted at him.

Mr. Hakelbarend volunteered to tell the first story. He told of Whittacre Gammerbund, the namesake of both the Liberty and the Chapel of St. Whit. Whit was only a boy at the time of the story, and was already wanted in the United States for being an escaped slave and in Nagspeake for being a smuggler. One of Morvengarde's bounty hunters had been sent after Whit, a man who was ruthless and nearly impossible to shake. Whit had gone to the Liberty, and been given a passport that granted him asylum. The hunter had followed, killing the warder to get through, and Whit met several mythical strangers who allowed Whit through and sent him onward through the winding, magical passages, then unfolded their wings (to his surprise) and barred the hunter. The third person he met took the hunter with her, and gave Whit directions to go on, and Whit realized that he had his own wings now.

After the story, there was some discussion about Whit Gammerbund. Milo and Meddy then discussed clues, and Milo realized all of a sudden that Marzana was Mr. Hakelbarend's daughter. Milo confronted her with this information, and she explained that this was what they did whenever they left the Liberty, and could not tell him more. Milo had not told anyone, and Marzana said that none of the Waits knew either. Meddy theorized that Mr. Hakelbarend was a wanted man.

Lucky told the next story. A young girl called Lucia (which Milo and Meddy recalled to be Lucky's real name) had, while playing hide and seek with her friends, stumbled upon a hobby horse skull. She had talked to it, and would come every weekend to spend time with it. Lucia looked for the Waits, which the hobby horse said it needed to find, and after having no success brought the hobby horse skull along with her. One day, she stumbled upon a group of Waits, among whom was someone else with a hobby horse skull tied to their head too. Lucia retrieved the skull and went caroling with the Waits every year during the Raw Nights, and would visit the skull at other times too.
Lucky confirmed that this was how she remembered it, and though the parts about the skull talking sounded crazy to her now, there were much crazier things said about the hobby horses. Lucky explained that she now owned the bookstore where she found the skull, and had gone caroling with the Waits ever since. Lizzie then found that the stollen was burnt.

Milo did not think Lucky was the thief. Milo noticed how the poinsettia in the dining room had wilted, sniffed it, and dragged Meddy up the stairs to talk about clues. He noted how closely Mrs. Kirkegrim and Mr. Larven had been watching Clem and Georgie. Meddy said that they'd been ruled out, but Milo thought otherwise, because they had deemed everyone ruled out, and thought that perhaps there was more than one culprit. Milo suspected that Mr. Larven hadn't drank any of the punch, but instead poured it into the plant. They speculated about what could have happened if someone else had drank the poisoned punch or found the tea ball, and Milo decided that they hadn't just wanted to stop everyone from leaving, but create chaos and confusion. Milo wondered if there was at least one Wait from Gilawfer, and another from Cantlebone, and perhaps they had been stealing the things back from each other the whole time. Meddy wished she could talk to Doc Holystone. Milo began to prepare to tell his story, using a locus to become Tēngféi. Milo then gathered his parents, the Caraways, Clem, Georgie, and Owen and instructed them to each watch one of the Waits during his tale so that he could accurately gauge each one's reaction.

Milo told a story about Violet Cross. Deacon and Morvengarde had once banned all maps but their own, which were perhaps even worse than those made by Nagspeakers. Violet Cross had snuck maps into the city by creating a kite fad, then sold the maps as part of a kite kit called the Orienteer so that the users of the maps could fold them into a kite very quickly and let the wind take the evidence. Marzana, however, insisted that the Orienteer was not a kite kit but a paper airplane set, and that there had actually been two kite kits, but they were called the Windrose and the Portolan. After mastering his surprise, Milo apologized for getting it wrong, beginning to believe Marzana, wondering how she knew all this. Mr. Hakelbarend said he was not a mapmaker, and after Mr. Larven mentioned the derrotero, Marzana denied knowing about it. Marzana asked Milo who he knew that had known Violet Cross, but Milo did not tell. Marzana told Milo the other thing he'd gotten wrong, that the customers had not bought the kits, the distributors had, that way Deacon and Morvengarde could not figure out how the maps were coming in. Marzana taught Milo about the orientation of a map, and Georgie gifted Marzana what she'd been folding during the story: a paper airplane made of six sheets, just like the Orienteer.

Milo told Meddy his suspicions about Mr. Hakelbarend having been a smuggler, and perhaps worked with Violet Cross herself. They discussed the reactions of their two suspects, Mrs. Kirkegrim and Mr. Larven. Milo sent Meddy to the fire escape to check for stolen things and prepared to go outside to check that nothing had been thrown out a window. Sylvester found the collection of locks hanging from his coat along with the bells, and insisted he hadn't put them there. Meddy showed that she'd found the reflecting circle just where Milo had suggested. After seeing the locks found, Mr. Larven ran back upstairs, and Milo and Meddy followed him to Mrs. Kirkegrim's room. They listened in while Mr. Larven and Mrs. Kirkegrim argued about neither having been able to find the things, and Rob (who was, to Milo's surprise, in charge) telling them to stop arguing. They discussed their options, one of which was, it seemed, to call in Gilawfer, who was nearby, and whoever else was with him. Milo and Meddy then went back downstairs, not wanting to be caught. Milo helped Clem pick the locks open and take them of Sylvester's coat.

Clem told the Waits that some things had been stolen, and said that she would not get the law involved so long as the set of things still missing were returned. Mr. Larven insisted that, since they were citizens of the Liberty, that was a pointless threat, but Emmett showed his customs badge and explained that, since they were not in the Liberty, they could not claim sanctuary. Mrs. Kirkegrim went to leave, and though Meddy said that Mrs. Kirkegrim was one of them, Emmett could not hear her and allowed Mrs. Kirkegrim to go after being searched. The other Waits stayed, including Rob and Mr. Larven. Milo speculated that this was because they couldn't do anything about her leaving, or perhaps she looked guilty, which bought them time to retrieve the things.

All of a sudden, Milo realized where the keys were, theorizing that Mrs. Kirkegrim knew she could still get them. Milo went outside to get the keys, and Meddy provided him with Eglantine's Patent Blackthorn Wishing Stick in case anything went wrong. Inside the burnt bread loaves in the trash, Milo found the keys and put them into his rucksack. Milo suspected that he had not only the last part of the haul, but the only part that mattered, and wondered how the keys could be the derrotero. He also decided, after this brilliant strategy, that Mrs. Kirkegrim must be Cantlebone.
While returning to the house, Milo ran into the ghost of Doc Holystone, and told what had happened. Doc offered to look at the keys and perhaps figure out how they worked, but Milo's fingers were too cold to open the rucksack, and he told the ghost that he needed to return to the house to warm up, asking where it was, as he couldn't get his bearings. Doc offered to open the rucksack for Milo. Mrs. Kirkegrim arrived, talked to the ghost, and revealed to Milo that she could see him because he was not a ghost, but rather, Gilawfer pretending to be one. Milo did not believe her at first, but then realized all the signs he should have recognized that something was off. Milo realized that this had been to fool Milo himself, and only Milo, and felt very foolish.

Mrs. Kirkegrim said that she was not Cantlebone. Gilawfer told Milo to stay, but Mrs. Kirkegrim told Milo to go. Milo went to leave, but Mr. Vinge showed up. Mrs. Kirkegrim and Milo (as soon as he figured out what she was doing) pretended that Mr. Vinge had double-crossed Gilawfer through Emmett Syebuck. Gilawfer took out a gun and demanded that Milo hand over the derrotero, and as Milo struggled with the rucksack straps, Mr. Vinge took out a gun too, despite Mrs. Kirkegrim's rebukes, and pointed it at Milo.

Milo then saw something moving in the trees, and, realizing what it was, began to sing *The Holly and The Ivy.* The hobby horse then arrived. Doc Holystone's ghost, the real one, appeared as well, putting an arm around Mr. Vinge and commenting on Mr. Vinge and Gilawfer's presence. Doc Holystone greeted Milo, then told the shocked Mr. Vinge to put down his gun, which would not help him against Doc Holystone. Mr. Vinge lunged toward Milo, but Milo hit him with the stick, and the hobby horse herded Mr. Vinge and Gilawfer away before disappearing itself.

Milo talked to Doc Holystone's ghost, then Mrs. Kirkegrim, who though she denied it Milo was sure that they knew each other. Owen found Milo; many had been searching for him, and they went inside, Milo stopping to tell Meddy about the encounter with Doc Holystone's ghost. Milo told Georgie that he had gone outside for the things, and gotten them, and Emmett informed the group that there would thus be no need for an arrest. Rob then pressed a butterknife against Milo's ribs and demanded that they be given the derrotero so that Milo would not be hurt. Mr. Larven pretended to be getting the keys, but then hit Rob over the head with a candlestick, knocking the man unconscious. He suggested that Emmett arrest Rob, and Emmett agreed. Milo told the group what had happened, and Georgie and Clem were quite excited over the revelation that Mrs. Kirkegrim was Cantlebone.
Milo went to the bathroom and conversed with Meddy. He explained his theory that another Hakelbarend was at Greenglass House, and that she was Violet Cross. The more he thought about it, the more convinced he became. Milo then went out and confronted Mrs. Kirkegrim with this theory, which she confirmed. Georgie and Clem exploded with questions, Clem even falling out of her chair. Mrs. Kirkegrim offered explanations, and so did Mr. Hakelbarend, who it turned out was a customs agent whose file Emmett had read while learning about Doc Holystone, and consequentially Violet Cross.

Milo introduced Meddy to the Waits. Mrs. Kirkegrim explained how she'd brought Marzana along, and found out about Georgie and Clem's heist. Mrs. Kirkegrim insisted that Georgie and Clem keep the things, except for one, which she wanted to take as a keepsake for Marzana. Marzana, of course chose the keys. Mrs. Kirkegrim talked about the other things and how they worked, and everyone began to examine them. Mrs. Pine got a key ring for Marzana to put the keys on, and the Waits, except for Rob, got together their belongings. Clem, Georgie, and Owen thanked them for coming, and Mrs. Kirkegrim invited them to come visit. The Waits then departed, and descended the hill singing.

Emmett exchanged banter with the two thieves, and left Georgie with his phone number. Mrs. Pine invited Clem, Georgie, and Owen to stay longer, and they thanked her for the offer but declined. Milo expressed disappointment that there was no derrotero, but Meddy insisted that Mrs. Kirkegrim had not said that. Milo all of a sudden realized that the keys had been the derrotero, eleven adjustable keys for the Skidwrack's eleven inlets. Milo told Clem and Georgie his suspicions, to their amazement. Emmett's friend then arrived with his ride, and Emmett took the now-awake and angry Rob with him. Georgie, Clem, and Owen gifted Milo the locks from the haul, for him to practice lockpicking with. Georgie gave Meddy the coin she'd been sculpting, which she had made into an albatross. Meddy was delighted. The guests then left, leaving Milo alone with his parents and Meddy.
Milo suggested that they use a relic and reliquary to attempt to get Meddy out of the house. Milo proposed the Sirin figurine as the relic and the Flask of Winds and Voids as the reliquary. Meddy was skeptical but agreed to try, and put the figurine into the vial. They went outside, Doc Holystone appeared, and Milo and Meddy crossed the lawn. Meddy reached her father and fell into his arms, and Milo left the reliquary with Meddy and slipped away, Doc Holystone thanking Milo as he left. Milo returned to his parents, who gave him a hug and expressed how proud they were of him. It then began to snow, to Milo's delight.

## Appearances

Characters

* Addie Whitcher
* Barbara Kirkegrim
* Ben Pine
* Brandon Levi
* Clem Candler
* De Cary Vinge
* Doc Holystone
* Emmett Syebuck
* Georgie Moselle
* Ghosts
* Hobby horse
* Lizzie Caraway
* Lucky Julnissen
* Marzana Hakelbarend
* Milo Pine
* Nicholas Larven
* Nora Pine
* Odette Caraway
* Owen
* Peter Hakelbarend
* Rob Gandreider
* Sylvester Alforn
* Toby Gilawfer
* Violet Cross
* Wilbur Gowervine
* Violet Cross's crew

Mentioned characters

* Ada Cosset
* Assisting customs agents
* Chancelor
* Customs agents
* Deacon and Morvengarde
* Ed Pickering
* Eglantine Hereward
* Ellamae Wellshowe
* Fenster Plum
* Fulgor
* Gentleman Maxwell
* John Ferdinand
* Julian Roamer
* Leo
* Liao Bluecrowne
* Lucy Bluecrowne
* Lowell Skellansen
* Madeleine Caraway
* Morvengarde
* Octavian Deacon
* Roamers
* Warder
* Whit Gammerbund
* Wilkens brothers

Objects

* *Albatross*
* Cloak of Golden Indiscernibility
* Derrotero
* Eglantine's Patent Blackthorn Wishing Stick
* Eyes of True and Aching Clarity
* *Ganzander*
* Gate
* Gems of Ultimate Puissance
* Helm of Revelations
* Hobby horse
* Lansdegown keys
* Liao's letters
* Nautical chart
* Old iron
* Orienteer
* Portolan
* Ring of Wildest Abandon
* Rucksack
* Ship chandelier
* Sirin figurine
* Slywhisker's Crimson Casket of Relics
	+ Ever-Sharp Inscriber of Rose-Colored Destinies
	+ Feather locus
	+ Flask of Winds and Voids
	+ Ocher Pages of Invisible Wards
* *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*
* *The Skidwrack: A Visual History*
* Tome of Unutterable Algorithms
* *Whilforber Whirlwind*
* Wildthorn's Crackerjack Gauntlets
* Windrose

Culture

* Emergency Medical Assistance
* Odd Trails
* *Only a Fool Scoffs at Destiny*
* *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*
* Raw Nights
	+ The Waits

Locations

* Nagspeake
	+ Belowground Transit System
	+ Chapel of St. Whit
	+ City University
	+ Ferrous Sanctus Monastery
	+ Gate
	+ Liberty of Gammerbund
	+ Magothy Bay
	+ Old iron
	+ Quayside Harbors
	+ Shantytown
	+ Skidwrack River
	+ Surroyal Books
	+ Whilforber Hill
		- *Whilforber Whirlwind*
		- Greenglass House
			* The Emporium

## Trivia

* The dedication reads *"To Tess, Evy Lou, and Zoey, at the start of their adventures, with love"*
* The presence of the song *The Holly and the Ivy* was inspired by the book *The Dark Is Rising*.
* Ghosts of Greenglass House has 36 chapters.
* *Ghosts of Greenglass House*'s pages are decorated with snowflakes.
* The book title and the chapter titles are set in the font Ulsteros.

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Greenglass House*
3. ↑ https://www.whatfontis.com/