The Faded Portrait

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The train left at dawn. Margaret stood on the platform. Her hat was crooked. The wind bit. She held a ticket. It was damp. The ink blurred. A small, wet square of her future. The conductor approached. He wore a coat of black wool. It smelled of coal smoke and old sweat. His eyes were flat. Grey stones in a stream. He looked at her ticket. He looked at her face. He did not smile. "Carriage...

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