The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The coat is brown. Not the rich, oiled brown of the merchant’s study, but the dull, dust-caked brown of the gutter. It smells of wet wool and the metallic tang of the ironworks. You are standing on the platform at Harrowgate, the steam hissing like a wounded animal behind you. Your hands are trembling, not from the cold, but from the sheer, crushing weight of the thing in your arms. It is just...

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