The Wistful Grid
14th of November, 1898. The rain has not stopped for three days, and the house groans with the weight of it, a sound like a ship’s hull under heavy seas. I am writing this by the light of a tallow candle that sputters and dies, and then I light another, the smell of burnt wick mixing with the damp wool of the shawl I have wrapped around my shoulders. The house is cold. It has always been cold,...
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