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ON THE BEACH

Kate realised she had cried a little Only she and Genevieve had heard Penelope&039;s confession

&039;We&039;re free now,&039; she said

As the sun rose, Dracula dissolved Torches were hurriedly touched to the bier Flames rose and licked around the coffin The corpse writhed as if galvanised Decay, staved off for so many years, thrived in the Prince&039;s body

Princess Asa was restrained fro herself into the pyre like an IndianPenelope took a broad black hat out of her bag and set it on the Princess&039;s head, shielding her froht

Kate watched Dracula&039;s coffin burn and felt no triumph

There was a burst from the heart of the fire and a coluht and burned up entirely There was now only wood to burn

Kate felt the heat of the fire and the chill of the

Penelope passed Asa to Klove and turned away froe Kate linked ar carefully on the wet sand

An Orthodox priest - representing Vlad&039;s original faith - droned a prayer

Marcello, hidden behind his dark glasses, walked back toward the cliffs Her desperate love was burned away, but she had no ill-will for hiiven up journalisent for all the new Malenkas

Charles, Dracula, Marcello All gone

Kate was dizzyingly free of all but the ghosts

The three woht back to London this afternoon,&039; Kate said &039;I&039;s will have piled up And I need to earn some money The Guardian wants to pack me off to Cuba, to cast an eye over this Castro fellow and see what Ito Greece,&039; Genevieve said &039;Then, ht I&039;d look into this rocketry business I&039;ve been staying put these last few years It&039;s tiain&039;

Unspoken between theht it best to stay away from Rome If they ently to give the eternal city a wide berth There was soh, and jealous of her position

Penelope paddled, letting the water into her shoes

&039;I&039;d like to visit Parave,&039; Penelope said &039;It&039;s in the hill country, in India My cousin was important to me I realise no I have deliberately veered between trying to be exactly like her and trying to be nothing like her&039;

Penelope explained as if asking perht to break the story Penelope would be a heroine toraised for the defence of her fall guy

She had only just forgiven Penelope for everything else that was between the with