Dread Nation

The next day, Jane and Katherine are exhausted from their nighttime adventures with Jackson. Miss Preston asks to see them, and when they enter her office, Jane sees the Indigenous man from the lecture battle with Miss Anderson. Jane is still “thinking about Miss Anderson being in cahoots with the mayor and whatever he’s done with Lily and the Spencers” (132), but she holds her tongue. Miss Preston explains that the mayor’s wife has invited Jane and Katherine to serve as Attendants for a dinner party at their home in recognition for their actions (132). Jane notices that Miss Preston seems to be “glossing over the fact that multiple Baltimore Attendants have been killed, presumably within the city limits” (133), and she tries to get out of the engagement by insisting that it wouldn’t be right to attend such a lovely dinner without Miss Duncan. The Indigenous man, whose name is Mr. Redfern, states that Miss Duncan is welcome to come as well, and as Jane and Katherine are dismissed, Jane catches Miss Anderson watching them like “a cat that just caught a mouse” (135).