The Faded Portrait
The ink was still wet when the bells began to toll, a low, mournful drone that seemed to rise from the earth itself rather than the steeple of St. Jude’s. You sat at the heavy oak desk in the back of your shop, the smell of linseed oil and ground pigments thick in the air, and watched the light fade from the window pane. Outside, the cobblestones of the market square were slick with rain,...
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