The Wistful Silence

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The cellar was a mouth of wet stone. It smelled of rot and iron and the heavy, sweet decay of apples left too long in the dark. Thomas stood at the bottom, his boots sinking into the mud. Above him, the trapdoor was a square of dim gray light. He was seven. He was small. He was afraid. But he was also clever. Cleverer than his father. Cleverer than the men in the suit. "Up, Thomas," his father...

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