Late the following afternoon, as it was beginning to grow dark outside, I sat down at my keyboard and I started to compose Spirit Song.
Spirit Song is so familiar now, and so well known, that I sometimes find it difficult to believe that there was a time when it didn’t exist. But as I was scoring it, there was no doubt in my mind that it was one of the best melodies that I had ever written, or might ever write. It was all of my love for Kate, and everything that she had showed me about the real world and the world beyond, in music.
By 9:00 p.m. that evening, I had almost finished it. I played it over, very slowly, while Malkin sat on one of the couches, watching me with slitted eyes.
‘What do you think, puss?’ I asked him.
‘I think it’s beautiful,’ replied a very quiet voice, close behind me.
Before I could turn around, two cool hands covered my eyes.
‘Guess who?’ she said.
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