The Tale of Despereaux Chapter 38 Summary

To the Dungeon

  • And so Princess Pea makes her way down to the dungeons with Mig and Roscuro as her escorts—or rather, her captors.
  • Everyone else in the castle is asleep, so they don't notice what is going on. As the princess is led to her fate, she tries to stay brave.
  • The amazing thing about the princess is that she's a very empathetic and kind person. Even when this is happening to her, she still feels a great deal of sympathy for Mig, even though the other girl has a knife pressed to her back.
  • She wonders how awful it must be to want something, like being a princess, so badly that you're willing to do awful things like take people hostage.