SUMARIO. The long shadow of Castle Bernard / Virtutis fortuna comes / Amanuensis in Aldeburgh / Trilogy of terror / Things rank and gross / Hounded / Serial killers / Virtue and danger / Femmes fatales / Back from the dead / Black and white music / Assorted aristocrats / Kapellmeister to Count Dracula / Sunset in the east / Danger in paradise / Resurrection / In memoriam : a personal postscript by the author.