The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

The house smelled of damp wool and old dust. It sat on a hill that did not appear on maps. Thomas Whitmore stood at the window. He watched the rain. It fell in sheets. Gray and cold. He was a clerk. He copied ledgers. He had been a clerk for thirty years. His hands were stained with ink. The stains did not wash out. They were part of him now. Inside, the air was still. There was a sound. A soft...

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