Tarr Village

Tarr Village is the location of Tarr Manor, an estate that is of extreme importance to the Cabal. The village has a train station, but is otherwise small and remote. Servants and confidantes of powerful people are called to meet at Tarr Village in the Glass Books of the Dream Eaters. Inside Tarr Manor, the secrets of the powerful are stolen away inside glass books.

Tarr Village
We experience Tarr Village through the point of view of Dr. Abelard Svenson. While Cardinal Chang has gone to the Ministry in hopes of finding Miss Temple, Svenson has traveled to Tarr Village. On the train to Tarr Village, Dr. Svenson is first introduced to Eloise Dujong who becomes integral to the story. Upon arriving at Tarr village, it becomes clear that Miss Temple is nowhere to be found. Nevertheless, the Cabal are in the area and clearly up to something. Svenson is able to locate a party of men at a church in the village. Hiding out of sight, Svenson first witnesses the first part of the Process, where indigo clay is altered via alchemy to become useful for the Cabal's plans.

Tarr Manor
Lord Tarr has been murdered--by a wolf, so the newspapers say--and his nephew, Roger Bascome, has inherited the title and the land. His newly acquired manor house has become a gathering place for the members of the Cabal. While exploring Tarr Manor, Dr. Svenson rescues Eloise Dujong from the Process where she had been left to die after giving away the secrets of the Trapping family.

Svenson is captured despite breaking Phelp's arm in his attempts to rescue Bascombe's aunt from being exposed to indigo clay. The Cabal take an unconscious Svenson to the sprawling grounds of Tarr Manor where the indigo clay is mined for use in the Process. Here, we first become aware that the Duke of Staelmaere--the Old Queen's brother--has also fallen under the influence of the Cabal. He is to lead the Privy Council, which means that the Cabal will be able to control the government through their control of the Duke. This plan is interrupted when Eloise returns to rescue the Doctor and shoots the Duke dead. Eventually, Svenson is able to outsmart his enemies and save himself, but not before the members of the Cabal escape on an airship, taking Eloise with them. The Doctor bravely uses one of the cables to board the airship and clings to it for the entire ride to Harschmort House where he must confront the Cabal once more and try to save Eloise.