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Chapter 18

           Iwenttothewallnearthehouse,andheardaman’svoice,andsilverfemalevoicesthatfadedthroughadoor."Iwasinamorbidstate.Butthatfirstmeeting,thatmysterious…howshallIsay,messagefromherlight,fromherlighttomyshadow,hauntedmeforweeks."Herparentsmovedintothehousenextdoor.ImetLilyfacetoface.Andtherewassomebridgebetweenus.Itwasnotallmyimagination,thissomethingcamefromheraswellasfrommeajointumbilicalcord,somethingwedarednotspeakof,ofcourse,yetwhichwebothknewwasthere."Shewasverylikemeinmanyordinaryways.ShetoohadfewfriendsinLondon.Andthefinaltouchtothisfaiiystorywasthatshetoowasmusical.Notverystrikinglygifted,butmusical.Herfatherwasapeculiarman,Irish,withprivatemeans,andwithapassionformusic.Heplayedthefluteverywell.OfcoursehehadtomeetBruneau,whosometimescametoourhouse,andthroughBruneauhemetDolmetsch,whointerestedhimintherecorder.Anotherforgotteninstrumentinthosedays.IremembersowellLilyplayingherfirstsoloonaflat-soundingdescantrecordermadebyDolmetschandboughtforherbyherfather."Ourtwofamiliesgrewveryclose.IaccompaniedLily,wesometimesplayedduets,sometimesherfatherwouldjoinus,sometimesthetwomotherswouldsing.Wediscoveredawholenewcontinentofmusic.TheFitzwilliamVirginalBook,Arbeau,Frescobaldi,Frobergerinthoseyearspeoplesuddenlyrealizedthattherehadbeenmusicbefore1700."Hepaused.

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