This Rough Magic

The Forlis rent their gothic castello to a renowned Shakespearean actor, Sir Julian Gale, and his composer son, Max.

While swimming, Lucy encounters a tame local dolphin and is nearly struck by a ricocheting bullet.

Alarmed, she spies Max Gale watching from his terrace and angrily accuses him of the shooting.

Spiro has fallen from Manning's boat, carried by the currents toward communist Albania, behind the Iron Curtain.

Lucy meets Sir Julian and is flattered when he relates his pet theory that Corfu is the setting for Shakespeare's The Tempest (a recurring theme in the novel).

Manning finds her and attempts to kill her, but Lucy jumps overboard, diving to avoid his searchlight.

A fight ensues where Max attacks Manning, who discharges a stray bullet that wounds Spiro.

Miranda, Spiro's sister, blames Athoni for letting Manning escape, as the boathouse explodes.

Sir Julian embraces Lucy and asks if she would like to share a billing with him back in London.