Afterward, Clovis meets Finn too and Finn suggests that they swap positions by making Clovis take the place of Finn. Finn doesn't want to go because of the terrible memories his father had of living in Westwood, and because he wants to travel up the Amazon to where the Xanti, the Native tribe to which his mother belonged, live. Low, whom Maia nicknames "the crows", are chasing him because his grandfather, Lord Aubrey Taverner, wants to find the heir of Westwood, the estate of the wealthy Taverner family.
Later, Maia meets an orphaned half Xanti, half British boy called Finn Taverner and finds out that he was the boy who gave her a ride to Clovis's act. When Maia finally gets to watch Little Lord Fauntleroy, Clovis acts very well, but during the pivotal scene, his voice cracks and the play is ruined. When she gets lost, a Native boy takes her to the theatre on his boat. She decides to go anyway and secretly slips out of the Carters house to get there. The family plans to see a play starring Clovis King, an English child actor, but the twins lie and say that all the tickets had sold out so they couldn't buy one for Maia. Living with the family is Miss Minton, governess to Maia and the twins, who, despite an outwardly strict appearance, begins to care deeply for Maia. Beatrice and Gwendolyn, the twin daughters, are selfish and seem to be brought up strictly to be British, while their father, the eccentric Mr Carter, obsessively collects the glass eyes of famous people. The Carters do not embrace their surroundings and almost always stay indoors, except for trips to Manaus.
Maia, an orphan, is sent from this safe and cosy environment to stay with distant relations, the Carters, who are not as kind as she had hoped for. The book opens in an exclusive London girls' school, The Mayfair Academy for Young Ladies. 2.2 Clovis King or Jimmy Bates or Lord Fauntleroy.2.1 Maia Fielding - An orphan (Main Character).2 Characters in Journey to The River Sea.
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