“And there we have it,” said Missus Melina. “It’s a home, and now it’s yours.”
Right as she said that, she caught the front of the porch mid-flight and hauled herself onto it, moving out of the way so that Pip might do the same. She waved her tail plumage in a gesture that seemed like an invitation at first, but that morphed into something more grandiose and dramatic as she presented Pip’s new home. Meanwhile, Pip missed the po...