The Golden Master
The bell did not ring. That was the first wrong thing. It should have rung at dawn, sharp and brassy, cutting the fog that clings to the River Thames like a shroud. I stood in the workshop. The air smelled of beeswax and old wood. My hands were still. They were not shaking. I had trained them not to shake. I am Arthur Penhaligon. I am the clockmaker of St. Swithin’s. I have been the clockmaker...
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