The Golden Compass
The rain did not fall so much as it hovered, a suspended grey mist that clung to the windows of the old manor like a shroud. Inside, the silence was heavy, textured with the tick of the grandfather clock and the soft, wet breathing of the house itself. Arthur sat in his leather chair, his hands resting on his knees, fingers pale and thin as bird bones. He was a man of words, a professor of...
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