- Daisy tells us why she's moved to London: Her evil stepmother, Davina the Diabolical, is about to birth her father's baby and has sent her away.
- Piper, Daisy's instantly favorite cousin, takes her out to the barn to introduce her to the animals.
- Daisy's Aunt Penn, her late mother's sister, finally appears around lunchtime but quickly has to get back to working on the imminent threat of war.
- The cousins notice that Daisy eats very little—something she got used to out of fear that Davina the Diabolical was going to poison her.