The Distant Legend

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The fire started in the study. I watched it from the hallway. It was a small fire at first. A blue tongue licking the edge of a folio volume. The air smelled of ozone and old paper. I did not move. My legs felt like lead. My hands were trembling, but I held them at my sides. I was waiting. I had been waiting for this for thirty years. My name is Arthur Vane. I am a scholar of antiquities. Or I...

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