Brida. Paulo Coelho

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      Brida

      Paulo Coelho

      

       Dedication

      For N.D.L. who made the miracles happen,

      for Christina, who is one of those miracles,

      and for Brida

       Epigraph

      … what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’

      Luke 15:8–9

      Table of Contents

       Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Warning

Prologue

Ireland

Summer and Autumn

I want to learn about magic

In the darkness, Brida could

It was light when she woke

In the centre of Dublin

The old building was in the centre

For a whole week

She chose a fairly inexpensive restaurant

It’s no good, I can’t do it

It was a trick

I want to ask something else

By around mid-afternoon

Wicca knelt down and looked

       She woke with water dripping

       Talbo came closer

       For a whole week

       That night, she had a beautiful dream

       She walked for some time

       It was so good to have Brida

       The Magus lived a little way

       Winter and Spring

       Over the next two months

       Wicca continued to teach Brida

       It was quite late on in the year

       Brida continued to perform

       When they met again

       I came to apologise

       They walked to a place

       She sat distractedly watching

       On Saturday morning, Lorens phoned

       The following day, she phoned Wicca

       They went to one of Dublin’s

       That night, Brida spent hours

       Thank you for accepting

       The Magus was looking

       You haven’t asked me anything

       They continued walking

       The sunlight poured into

       Brida went up the steps

       The day was overcast

       The Magus went out to see

       Wicca was pleased because

       Brida was surprised by

       Wicca certainly knows how

       The Magus spotted someone