The Pale Letter
The banquet hall of the Whitmore textile mill was a cavern of polished oak and suspended gaslight, where the air hung thick with the scent of roasted pheasant, spilled red wine, and the peculiar, metallic sweetness of industry that never quite left the clothes of the men who owned it. Arthur Whitmore stood at the center of the table, his hands clasped behind his back, watching the shadows dance...
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