The Wistful Dinner
The iron gates of the Asylum for the Insane stood open. Not swung. Just open. Like a mouth. Silent. Waiting. Elias stood on the threshold. His uniform was crisp. White. Too white. It stained easily. He knew this. He had washed it three times that week. The fabric smelled of lye and fear. It was a smell he could not scrub out. The year was 1892. The air smelled of coal smoke and wet wool....
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