Death of the Duchess Author:Elizabeth Eyre Back Cover: — The Duchess, in her shift, lay upon the bed; two fat wax candles showed her spread body, the hand drooping over the edge, the open mouth dark as the grave. Her shift was crumpled at the waist round the dark stem of a knife-hilt; her thighs gleamed pale. — The Duke, his voice hardly more than a whisper, said, "I found her so." — Sigism... more »ondo stepped forward. His hand flowed, from crossing himself, to touch the Duchess at the neck below the ear. He laid the back of his hand against the cheek, hummed and brooded over the body without disturbing the knife.« less