Qui Sola Ambulat

Qui Sola Ambulat, set in 1756, is a Chronicle of Glenscar. It tells the story of how Miss Anthea Franklin, out for a ride with her cousins Eudora and Henrietta, first entwined her fate with that of Edwin Marlowe - her encounter with the Traveler children leads her to Lady Starsight.

Starsight explains the paths Anthea's life may take, if she follows the Way of the Dog - that is, the path expected of her - or foregoes it, to walk the Way of the Cat.

When Anthea attends her first ball of the Little Season, she heeds Starsight's advice, and so makes acquaintance with young Mr. Marlowe. They are introduced by Lady Seward, the widowed Earl of Farnton's daughter-in-law, and Anthea is sure, as she joins Mr. Marlowe in a fortepiano piece for two, that Starsight, somewhere, approves.

Minor characters: Ten-year-old Seersha, Tony, a year or two older than Seersha, and their kitten Cathleen, Midnight, king of the Warbirds, and Starsight's half-brother, the various guests at the Earl of Farnton's gathering, as well as the man having words with Mr. Marlowe over Scripture when Anthea rescues him.