The Golden Compass

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The clock on the wall ticks. It is a loud sound. A heavy, wooden tick. It eats the silence. You sit at the desk. Your hands are flat. The wood is cold. You are Margaret. You are fifty-two. You have worked here for thirty years. The air smells of dust and old paper. It smells of decay. The letter is on the desk. It is bright. It is yellow. It looks like a sun that has died. You do not open it....

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