The Damiano Series (101 page)

But the young man was no fool, and he read the truth in his great-uncle's face.

Gaspare reached over the tabletop, shoving pitcher and mugs to one side. “Boy,” he whispered. “Don't apologize. Never apologize for being what you must be.

“And pay no mind to me, for I can't explain it to you. It's just the music, when I'd believed it to be all lost.

“But nothing is lost, you see? Nothing. Not even if his… his city is lost, and no one remembers his name.”

Caspar's quick brown eyes narrowed. “I don't understand,
grand-oncle.
But have I finally done something right in your eyes?” Caspar asked, half touched by the old man's tears, half still-resentful of his tempers.

“You have,” replied Gaspare, grinning at his great-nephew. “Of course you have, boy. You have shown me an angel.”

Author's Note

THIS IS THE LAST OF THE TALES OF DAMIANO AND HIS FRIENDS I WILL WRITE. BY NOW I IMAGINE THEY ARE ALL RATHER TIRED.

I KNOW I AM.

BUT NO CONCLUSION IS FINAL, AND THE READER IS WELCOME TO CONTINUE THE STORY IN ANY DIRECTION DESIRED. AFTER THREE BOOKS, HE OR SHE KNOWS AS MUCH TO THE PURPOSE AS I.

Bertie MacAvoy

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Damiano
copyright © 1984 by R.A. MacAvoy

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Damiano's Lute
copyright © 1984 by R.A. MacAvoy

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Raphael
copyright © 1984 by R.A. MacAvoy

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