154), and Penelope receives some strange warnings and instructions from her former teacher and mentor, Miss Mortimer. Simon Harley-Dickinson (he of the “perfectly nice young face, waves of brown hair, finely formed features, gleam of genius,” p. The also have an odd encounter with a gypsy soothsayer with a mysterious prognostication and meet a new friend in young Mr. Penelope enjoys taking the children to see the sites, but they do have some mishaps, such as when the children mistake the furry hat of a stoic guard at Buckingham Palace for a bear. The noise and bother causes Lady Ashton to take the whole family to London while the work is being done. The Hidden Gallery opens with workmen repairing the damage caused by the mayhem in Book 1. Miss Lumley genuinely cares about the children and has brought them a long way, though they still have some howling inclinations and the tendency to drool at the sight of small birds. His wife was less than pleased, but hired a star graduate from Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, Penelope Lumley, age fifteen, to be their governess in the first book.
The children are not called incorrigible because they are disobedient, but their benefactor, Lord Ashton, has given them that name after he found them in the woods, deduced they had been raised by wolves, and brought them home. As they explore London, however, they discover more about themselves as clues about the children's-and Penelope's-mysterious past crop up in the most unexpected ways.After I listened to Book 1 in The Incorrigible Children series, The Mysterious Howling (linked to my thoughts), I had to get the audiobook for Book 2: The Hidden Gallery.
But the city presents challenges, too, in the form of the palace guards' bearskin hats, which drive the children wild-not to mention the abundance of pigeons the Incorrigibles love to hunt. Penelope is thrilled, as London offers so many opportunities to further the education of her unique students. So while Ashton Place is being restored, Penelope, the Ashtons, and the children take up residence in London. And for the most part, they resist the urge to chase squirrels up trees.ĭespite Penelope's civilizing influence, the Incorrigibles still managed to ruin Lady Constance's Christmas ball, nearly destroying the grand house. Thanks to the efforts of Miss Penelope Lumley, their plucky governess, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia are much more like children than wolf pups now. Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, They must have been raised by wolves.
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