The Powder Dike's Shadow

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The rain fell upon Manchester for seventeen days and seventeen nights, turning the Irwell into a brown serpent that coiled itself around the ankles of the city. Lady Margaret Whitmore stood at the window of the town hall and watched the water rise past the second step of the quay. Below, in the streets, people were already moving their furniture to the upper floors. The factories would be...

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