It is possible that she represents Masefield's memory of his own mother who died when he was very young. She then reappears at the end of the book as Caroline Louisa, Kay's new governess. Many maternal characters appear in the book, one takes Kay on a nocturnal ride on a magical horse. At one point in the novel he manages to see into the past. Kay Harker experiences various adventures-sailing on the high seas, swimming with mermaids, flying on broomsticks. There are two other household cats: the main antagonist is Blackmalkin, and he is aided by the mysterious Greymalkin who takes his name from the witch's familiar in the opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Kay Harker is aided in his quest by various talking animals, most notably Nibbins the cat, who used to be a witch's cat but has reformed. The witches are led or guided by the wizard Abner Brown. Kay's governess Sylvia Daisy Pouncer is a member of the coven. The treasure is also sought by a coven of witches who are also seeking it for their own ends. It is about a boy, Kay Harker, who sets out to discover what became of a fortune stolen from his seafaring great grandfather Aston Tirrold Harker (in reality, Aston Tirrold is a village in Oxfordshire). The Midnight Folk is a children's fantasy novel by John Masefield first published in 1927.
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