"...is wearing the Thrice Cursed Dragons Crown"
Then the old lady picked up her skirts and departed.
Since Beth hadn't read the book she was carrying she of course
knew nothing of the Thrice Cursed Dragons Crown.
And she might not have bothered,if she hadn't tried to remove the
crown on her head and it wouldn't budge.
It was like it was clamped right onto her skull.
That made Beth extremely fearful and she picked up her skirts and rushed
home to her bedroom.She locked the door,turned on her reading light
and read the book titled
"Saga of the Damned"