St. Sebastian took a supervisory position at the library and helped his uncle Augie sell his business and finally retire. He and Auden visit the family in Texas every year, and Thornchapel is often filled with visiting grandparents and cousins and aunts and uncles with brand new anoraks and selfie sticks. He talks often about finally cataloging Thornchapel’s library, but he never starts and Auden never pushes him to. Neither of them can bear to pick up where Proserpina left off.
Samson Quartey also retired, earlier than anyone expected, and passed the reins of Quartey Workshop to Rebecca. He then moved to America, where he lives with David Markham to this day, both of them teaching at the university and adopting more dogs than their house can hold. After he left, Rebecca expanded Qua
