John and Joseph, you were posting this at a crazy time in my life, so I didn't get to read it until today. It's awesome, of course. In a way, I expected the adventure to work out, because all the CON always work out -- Digory's mother was cured even though he knew he was risking losing her to do the right thing, when he did it ... And that would have been fine, if they had gotten Fiona back ...
But when Sir Joseph was talking about all the things he prayed for and they didn't happen, I thought to myself: this will be a good story if he gets her back, but if something should happen to prevent that happily-ever-after and Sir Joseph is still able to see Aslan's hand in it, then it will be an even better story. You managed it very nicely!
The story, while unusual for a CON story, is much better in its own right because of the bittersweet ending. Well done! Thank you for this.