Weather: The wind from the previous day picks up further, bending the trees in the orchard and stripping some of the magically-ripened fruit from the boughs. By sunset, high clouds are starting to roll in, and by midnight not a star is to be seen. It isn't quite as cold today, as long as one is out of the wind, but the wind is frigid and makes it seem much colder than it is. Cloaks and/or fur are a must again today.
12:30 AMAt exactly half-past midnight, holes suddenly appear all over the castle in the inner walls-- regular holes, two bricks wide by two bricks high, big enough for all but the biggest in the castle to climb through. All of these holes are in the basement and the second story, in the walls between bedrooms and between bedrooms and the hall, though a few unlucky people get holes that look out into the sitting room, solar room, and basement lounge. Every room on the hall has a hole out into the hall, so anyone can see in, and everyone sharing a wall with another bedroom also has a hole into that bedroom. Thus, every bedroom has at least two new "windows", and most have three. Privacy, at least for the duration of the day, is going to be a rather rare commodity.