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Epilogue

Famous Last Words

Dante, who loved well because he hated,

Hated wickedness that hinders loving.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Back home in the late autumn, when dead leaves lay like forgotten memories on the bed of the duck pond, and dead wives lay dormant awaiting the Eternal Spring, I realized how much I have learned in only a few short months.

I’ve learned that in the cycle oflife sometimes you have to go back to go forwards. That some are born evil, but some have evil thrust upon them; that understanding is the path to forgiveness; and that it’s never too late to get laid, but a younger lover probably increases your chance of pregnancy.

And finally, and most importantly, as Dr Amulet Bone discovered in my latest novel: a good heart ishard to find.