Crocell – who remained her favourite of her demon friends, and the feeling seemed mutual – and Andrealphus had fretted she’d be burnt at the stake or chained up in a lunatic asylum. She’d tried to reassure them, but Crocell been so scared for her that in the end she’d gone along with his plan to lie to Dr Mitchell and had talked about how it was all just pretend. She lied to her parents too, and with a handful of demons applauding her every tentative step towards mastering subterfuge she was quite motivated to succeed.