# Wet Magic — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Wet Magic by E. Nesbit.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/dedication.md): The chapter is a brief dedication of the book to Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade from E. Nesbit, written from Well Hall, Kent.
- [Wet Magic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/wet-magic.md): The children, Francis, Mavis, Bernard, and Kathleen, are excited about their upcoming seaside holiday. Their anticipation is dampened when Aunt Enid bans them from visiting the aquarium, but their spirits are lifted when
- [I: Sabrina Fair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/i-sabrina-fair.md): The children eagerly anticipate their seaside holiday, counting down the days. Francis and Mavis buy a large aquarium to collect sea creatures, but Aunt Enid forbids them from taking it. They decorate it with flowers and
- [The Captive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/ii-the-captive.md): The children discover a newspaper article about an alleged mermaid sighting at Beachfield-on-Sea. They debate whether it is a seal or a mermaid, and Francis and Mavis resolve to search for her themselves. After arriving 
- [III: The Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/iii-the-rescue.md): The children visit the mermaid in her tank and learn she is a powerful magic mistress who cannot escape because she was caught with a llama hair lariat. Despite her irritable demeanor, they promise to rescue her at dead 

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- [Gratitude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/iv-gratitude.md)
- [Consequences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/v-consequences.md)
- [VII: The Skies Are Falling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/vii-the-skies-are-falling.md)
- [VIII: The Water-War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/viii-the-water-war.md)
- [The Book People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/ix-the-book-people.md)
- [The Under Folk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/x-the-under-folk.md)
- [XI: The Peacemaker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/xi-the-peacemaker.md)
- [The End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wet_magic_se/chapters/xii-the-end.md)

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