They are a fine couple, are they not? Look how much my son has changed.
He turned the latter on Emily, who couldn’t help grinning back. He was also still handsomer than any man had a right to be, with his broad shoulders and devilish grin. Even dead, he had vampire sight that was sharper than any human’s. There, Philippe said, pointing at the drive. Diana and Matthew, Emily and Philippe said in unison, peering down to the cobbled courtyard that surrounded the château. She’s going to be so surprised.” Diana’s warm alto floated up to 3 4 The Book of Life This information made Ysabeau’s failure to notice him somewhat easier to bear, but not much. Emily insisted these were nothing more than human myths, and it was only when the living moved on and let go that the dead could appear to them. He thought the living saw the dead because they needed something from them: assistance, forgiveness, retribution. What the witch had told him went against everything Philippe believed about the afterworld. He might be the more experienced ghost, but it was Emily who understood the metaphysics of their situation. What was he thinking, barking at her as if she were a servant? Perhaps it will be easier when they don’t need us anymore, Philippe said in a gentler tone. Since she’d died, the witch had been his constant companion, cutting his loneliness in two. Emily’s face fell, and Philippe silently cursed himself. It was a constant reminder of how inconsequential he had become. Of all the things Philippe disliked about being dead-the inability to touch his wife, Ysabeau his lack of smell or taste the fact that he had no muscles for a good sparring match- invisibility topped the list. He was perched nearby, studying his own transparent fingers. The watching? The waiting? The knowing? Not that I’ve noticed, Philippe de Clermont replied shortly. Does it ever get easier? Her voice, like the rest of her, was almost imperceptible. Atop one of Sept-Tours’ round towers, Emily Mather pressed a diaphanous hand against the spot in the center of her chest that even now was heavy with dread. All they were composed of was memories and heart.
11v 1ġ Ghosts didn’t have much substance. It signifies death and the end of thinges. Philippe de Clermont, often attributed to Charles Darwin ix Sol in Cancer The Signe of the Crabbe pertains to houses, lands, treasures, and whatever is hidden. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. The Book of Life Deborah Harkness Viking v Copyright © 2014 by Deborah Harkness vi For Karen, who knows why vii It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. The Book of Life i Also by Deborah Harkness A Discovery of Witches Shadow of Night iii
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