Mildred successfully manages to hide Tabby into the boat. Mildred spots a boat attached to a breakwater and decides to hide Tabby in the little cabin on the boat. Mildred gets an old sleeping bag exactly under the window, but manages to settle in and divert attention away from Tabby.
When they get to Gloom Castle, they find that it is falling apart: the armchairs in the lounge have springs and lumps and stuffing sticking out of them and there are no proper beds (apart from one, that Ethel Hallow soon claims) other than old sleeping bags, piles of pillows, and what appear to be hospital trolleys. Luckily, no one suspects that the cat is another cat than Ebony. Along the way, Tabby makes very loud moaning noises, due to his dislike of flying. Mildred is slightly late for the departure, but makes it just in time. Unable to bear the thought of spending a week-long holiday without Tabby, on the morning before the girls set out for Grim Cove, Mildred sneaks down into the school kitchens and lets Ebony out of his cage and hides Tabby inside. Since it is near the ocean, Miss Hardbroom has also sent orders for swimming costumes. Miss Hardbroom also announces that Mr Rowan-Webb, the frog-magician whom Mildred had saved from the lilypond the previous term, has invited all the second-years to spend a week's holiday at his castle, Gloom Castle at Grim Cove. A distraught Mildred is too upset to tell either Maud or Enid about it. Down in the kitchens, Mildred reluctantly hands over Tabby to Mrs Tapioca (to catch mice) who gives her Ebony in return. Last term, a third-year witch, Fenella Feverfew, transferred to Miss Pentangle's Academy several mountaintops away and left behind her sleek black cat, Ebony since they have owls at Miss Pentangle's instead of black cats. When in Miss Cackle's office, Miss Cackle suggests to Mildred that she replaces Tabby. After crash-landing in a pile of snow and meeting up with her best friends, Maud Spellbody and Enid Nightshade, Ethel Hallow appears and tells Mildred that Miss Cackle wants to see her. Instead of the usual black-and-grey-checked dresses, Miss Hardbroom persuaded Miss Cackle to change them to plain black. Mildred Hubble returns to Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches for the Summer Term of her second year.
It is notable as the only novel that isn't set in Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but by the sea instead. The Worst Witch All at Sea is the fourth book in the Worst Witch book series by Jill Murphy.
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