Page 57 of Under a Spanish Sky

If you visit the Romanesque gem that is the Church of Santa Maria do Olival in Tómar in Portugal today and have very good eyesight, you may be able to find a grey stone slab, worn smooth by the passage of feet over the centuries.

Some of the inscription is now illegible, but the remaining letters that can be distinguished read as follows:

MC...CLVIII

HI... REQUIE.......NT

LU... ....CH...RN...

ET A..M.....

CO.....UNX S...I

Latin scholars are generally agreed that the inscription translates as:

1358

HERE LIE

LU... ...CH…RN...

AND A...M......

HIS WIFE

It would appear that, forty-four years after the events of this story, Luc and Aimée were still together. And they’re still together now.