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" 'Aunt Queen,' I went on, 'Fr Kevin isn't going to believe all this about Rebecca and her ghost any more than the sheriff will believe it So why should we call hihs when he asksto Goblin in church No, I know I don't want to talk to Fr Kevin Just forget about that ¡¯

"Aunt Queen was in noshe was heading for her favorite goldsold crucifix on a chain for me, and then she'd head for the rectory at St Mary's Assumption Church to have Fr Kevin bless the crucifix, and then she would discuss the entire ht

" 'And s and this cameo brooch?¡¯

" 'We're to save theraded We have to find out if she was the one who really died out there That's what Rebecca wants of nition; she wants to be known ¡¯

" 'And she wanted you to burn down this house, Quinn ¡¯

" 'She'll never persuade ain,' I insisted 'I'm wise to her ¡¯

" 'But you care about what she wants,' said Aunt Queen, her tongue just a little bit thick frone

" 'It's justice, Aunt Queen,' I said 'It's justice that I, a descendant of Manfred, have to carry out Maybe it won't a her ca rooed to a famous love of Manfred Blackwood Maybe that will allow her spirit to rest But for now, don't worry anymore about me I'll do what I have to do, and I'll do what's best ¡¯

"By that tilasses of cha my silent secret schemes

"I loved her I love her totally now But I knew, knew for the first time that I had to deceive her, had in so me

"Of course I was going out to the island, and of course I was going to invoke Rebecca, but just how and when I wasn't so sure "

Chapter13

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"I WOKE UP very early, dressed inRamona still slept I sat down at ar Devil Island, which went, sort of, as follows:

Dear Trespasser,