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Celia paused, and Giula looked up at me, her eyes wide. тАЬEveryoneтАЩs

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talking about this song. I hadnтАЩt heard it sung yet.тАЭ

Celia began to sing the verses. Six children tasted the honey and embraced
their stepmother. Then the seventh son rejected the honey, and was
murdered by his own father for his insolence. Then one by one the other
six children died, poisoned by the lethal gift. In the end, the father wept
over the graves of his children, but was at the mercy of his new wife and
his two stepchildren. In the final verse, the bones of the dead children
cried out for vengeance; apparently this was left up to the listener.

There was a knock on the door of our practice room. I opened the door; it
was Bella, her trumpet in her hand. тАЬDid you hear Celia?тАЭ she asked.

I sighed. тАЬI gather we arenтАЩt the only students here who arenтАЩt rehearsing.тАЭ

Bella waved her handтАФnot the one with the trumpetтАФdismissively. тАЬI
think I saw the person who brought the song.тАЭ

тАЬReally?тАЭ Giula set her violin down altogether. I resigned myself to the
inevitable and put mine down as well.

Bella sat down on one of the practice stools, and Giula and I did as well. тАЬI
was watching down the hill for the messenger wagon, and I saw someone
ride into town. I donтАЩt know horses that well, but it looked like a fast riding
horseтАФnot the sort of horse youтАЩd hitch to a plow. The rider was wearing a
cloak pulled over his faceтАФтАЭ Bella gestured with the floppy sleeve of her
robe.

тАЬItтАЩs been a chilly autumn,тАЭ I said. тАЬOf course he wanted to protect his
face.тАЭ

Bella rolled her eyes. тАЬI saw him dismount by the cottage where your
teacher livesтАФDomenico. He was inside for less than an hour, and then he


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rode away.тАЭ

тАЬDid you see his face?тАЭ Giula asked.