The Distant Metropolis

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The air in the Hall of St. Jude smelled of damp wool, rendered tallow, and the metallic tang of old blood. Thomas Ashworth stood at the foot of the dais, his hands clasped so tightly behind his back that the knuckles had turned the color of parchment. He was a man of middle years, unremarkable in height and build, dressed in the plain grey wool of the Royal Almoner’s office. To the courtiers...

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