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  He was tempted to pull one out and read it, but instead he started the longer letter to his brother, Duke Arcolin, explaining what had happened and why Soldan Masagar was coming. He had just completed the first page when another knock came on his door.

  "Sir? I need to speak with you."

  "Come in," he said.

  The End

  Author's Note on "The Last Lesson"

  Some things young men learn only from old men, and only from old men willing to teach the hardest lessons the hardest way. I have been fascinated all my life by how people of different ages cope with the same challenges--how innate personality and experience interact to produce both wisdom and folly (and sometimes in the same individual.) A man whose own experience is both deep and complex, who has faced his own darkest desires and fears, who has lived past his failures and accepted the tragic outcomes of his own choices, is a man from whom the young can learn much, if they will. Some learn from a hint, others from a demonstration, still others need a clue-by-four upside the head. Some cannot, or will not, learn at all.

  ALSO BY ELIZABETH MOON

  STANDALONE NOVELS

  Speed of Dark

  Remnant Population

  THE DEED OF PAKSENARRION

  Sheepfarmer's Daughter

  Divided Allegiance

  Oath of Gold

  PALADIN'S LEGACY

  Oath of Fealty

  Kings of the North

  Echoes of Betrayl

  Limits of Power

  Crown of Renewal

  THE LEGACY OF GIRD

  Surrender None

  Liar's Oath

  VATTA'S WAR

  Trading in Danger

  Marque and Reprisal

  Engaging the Enemy

  Command Decision

  Victory Conditions

  PLANET PIRATES (with Anne McCaffrey)

  Sassinak

  Generation Warriors

  THE SERRANO LEGACY

  Hunting Party

  Sporting Chance

  Winning Colors

  Once a Hero

  Rules of Engagement

  Change of Command

  Against the Dark

  SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

  Lunar Activity

  Phases

  Deeds of Honor*

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