The Lantern-Bearer's Wife

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The lantern-bearer's wife had a face like cracked porcelain, and Arthur had spent three months crossing fever-ridden jungles and snow-blind mountain passes to reach a place where such faces could be mended. He arrived at the easternmost fort on a day that was neither morning nor evening, for in this corner of the Himalayas the sun lingered on the horizon like a guest who knows it is not welcome...

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