The thirteenth tale (54 page)
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Authors: Diane Setterfield
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary, #Fiction - General, #Historical, #Literary Criticism, #Historical - General, #Family, #Ghost, #Women authors, #English First Novelists, #Female Friendship, #Recluses as authors
She had come and she had gone. I would not see her again this
side of the grave. My life was my own.
In the suitcase, Shadow was asleep. I put out my hand to stroke
him. He opened a cool green eye, regarded me for a moment, then closed it
again.
With thanks to Jo Anson, Gaia Banks, Martyn Bedford, Emily
Bestler, Paula Catley, Ross and Colin Catley, Jim Crace, Penny Dolan, Marianne
Downie, Mandy Franklin, Anna and Nathan Franklin, Vivien Green, Douglas Gurr,
Jenny Jacobs, Caroline le Marechal, Pauline and Jeffrey Setterfield, Christina
Shingler, Janet and Bill Whittall, John Wilkes and Jane Wood.
With special thanks to Owen Staley, who has been a friend to
this book from the very beginning, and Peter Whittall, to whom The Thirteenth
Tale owes its title and a good deal more besides.