The Wistful Silence

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The house stands against the hill, a skeleton of white clapboard and dark shingles. It is November. The air is thin and sharp, carrying the scent of rotting leaves and distant woodsmoke. You are the carpenter. Your hands are rough, mapped with scars from the chisel and the plane. You have come to repair the roof before the first snow. The owner is not there. The owner is in the house, but he...

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