The Pale Path

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The Pale Path

The banquet hall smelled of yeast and old money. We drank. We ate. The candles were thick beeswax tapers. They hissed. My husband, Julian, sat at the head of the table. He wore a suit of charcoal wool. It fit him well. It fit me poorly. I wore a dress of pale blue silk. It clung to my shoulders. It did not cling to my heart. My heart was elsewhere. He raised his glass. "To the Faculty." He...

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