The Pale Letter
The rain had not stopped for three days. It fell in gray sheets, turning the cobblestones of London’s East End into slick, black mirrors. Arthur Penhaligon sat in his small, rented room above a chandler’s shop. The air smelled of tallow and mildew. He held the letter in his hand. It was pale. Not white. Pale. Like skin deprived of blood. Like bone. He had not opened it. He had carried it for...
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