 Unable to convince her friends that she is telling the truth about the frog- Mildred having previously told a story that the frog was a student who was cursed by Ms. Hardbroom, Mildred was forced to sneak into the school's presentation to the local wizards (Having been banned after the accident that occurred at the last presentation) by kidnapping one of the third years so that she could take Rowan-Webb to Mr Hellibore to turn him back to normal.In the next book, "The Worst Witch All at Sea", he invites Mildred and the other girls in her year and Miss Hardbroom and Miss Cackle to stay at his castle at Grim Cove as thanks for Mildred saving him, treating her with great warmth for her role in saving him, informing her once that he has never had a truer friend.In the 1998 TV series, Algernon Rowan-Webb was played by Paul Copley, and his role is basically the same as in the novels.