The Wistful Show

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The Wistful Show

The rain did not fall so much as it hung in the air, a grey veil that smothered the high windows of the St. Jude’s Infirmary, where the smell of boiled linseed and old blood was so thick it seemed to coat the tongue. Elias Thorne stood in the corner of the ward, his hands bound by the rough hemp ropes of his penance, watching the morning light struggle to penetrate the stone. He was a man of...

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