The Golden Farce
The feast was loud. It was wet. It smelled of roasted pork and old sweat. Pip sat on the floor. He did not have a chair. The court had forgotten him, or perhaps he had forgotten how to sit among the tall men. They wore silk. It hung in heavy folds, dark as bruised plums. They laughed. The sound was sharp, like glass breaking in a quiet room. Pip was small. He was twelve. His hair was the color...
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