The Faded River
The brass astrolabe sat on the mahogany desk, its gears frozen in a state of perpetual, silent accusation. Arthur Penhaligon did not touch it. To touch it was to admit that the weight of the mechanism rested upon his shoulders, that the intricate lattice of brass and silver was not merely an instrument of measurement, but a mirror reflecting the hollowness of his own ambition. Outside the high,...
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