
It is at his bidding that she, as Corin, leaves Rhysbridge to become Folk Keeper and a member of the family on Cliffsend, an isle where the Folk are fiercer than ever they were at Rhysbridge. Old, dying Lord Merton not only knows she is a girl, but knows some of her other secrets as well. Yet there comes a moment when someone else knows the truth.

Since only boys are Folk Keepers, she has disguised herself as a boy, Corin, and it is a boy and a Folk Keeper she intends to stay.

Here, I'm queen of the world." As Folk Keeper at the Rhysbridge Home, she feeds the fierce, dark-dwelling cave Folk keeps them from souring the milk, killing the chickens, and venting their anger on the neighborhood and writes it all down in her Folk Record.

"Here in the Cellar," Corinna says, "I control the Folk.
