The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The left hand of Arthur Pemberton, a man who had spent forty years deciphering the silent language of dust and decay in the archives of the Municipal Hall, began to bleed at the moment the steam whistle screamed its final, shattering note across the industrial skyline. It was a Tuesday, a day of such ordinary, grinding dullness that the violence of the injury seemed almost like a personal...

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