伊丽莎白一个人领着包裹，走在特拉华河岸边，天色逐渐暗下来，河边的路灯和河流两岸高楼上的照明灯全部亮了起来。伊丽莎白一个人穿过本杰明-富兰克林桥下，桥上汽车和电车压过路面钢板嘎吱作响。天色已经完全黑了下来， 对于大部分麻瓜来说，这个时间在费城并不是出门的好时间，但是，即使是过来这么多年，伊丽莎白依然只会习惯在麻瓜们寥寥无几的清晨或傍晚出门，去麻瓜气味并不那么浓郁的有机市场或者拿着魔杖，轻轻敲击独立宫旁小巷子上的铭牌，去黑魔法市场采购。这里是北美魔法国会难以触及的地方。伊丽莎白掏出钥匙进入公寓楼，多年来混居、隐藏在麻瓜当中，让她已经熟练使用这些麻瓜家具，对于她来说但是麻瓜臭烘烘的味道依然隔着很远就能闻见。从巨大的落地窗望去，远处哥特主义宫殿式的费城市政厅灯火辉煌，圣诞树下孩子在嬉笑。曾经，她也拥有着的生活，曾经，她也在这样的宫殿里流连，那是一段她再也回不去的时代。如今，尽管居住的豪华麻瓜公寓价格不菲，但是这空荡荡的屋子里几乎没有一件家具，没有床，困了就谁在一卷铺盖上。她知道，凭借自己带来的资本，自己完全可以选择别样的生活，但是她的心早已如同这间屋子一样早已空荡荡的，自从那个人离去后，她如同悬崖撒手般，与尘世间的一切彻底绝缘，没有猫头鹰传书,没有骑着扫帚或通过火炉串门，甚至不和隔壁的麻瓜邻居交谈。
Dancing Bears
Painted Wings
Things I almost remember.
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory.
Far away,
Long ago,
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart
Used to know
Things it yearns to remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December
Dancing Bears
Painted Wings
Things I almost remember.
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory.
Far away,
Long ago,
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart
Used to know
Things it yearns to remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December
