The Wistful Crossroads

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The banquet hall smelled of roasted pheasant and copper. The air was thick, heavy with the steam of industrial progress and the perfumed sweat of the aristocracy. Lady Eleanor Ashworth sat at the head of the table. She did not look like a guest. She looked like a fixture of the room. Her fingers, long and pale, rested on the porcelain plate. Beneath the table, her knee touched the leg of the...

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