The Wistful Letter
The house did not sleep. It breathed. The walls, thick with centuries of damp and silence, expanded and contracted like the ribs of a beast resting in the dark. Inside, the air tasted of copper and old paper. Margaret stood in the center of the hall. She wore a dress of black silk that clung to her frame, heavy as a shroud. Her face was pale. Her eyes were bright. Too bright. "You look well,"...
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