The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

The smell of burnt sugar and stale coffee hung in the air of the municipal canteen, a cloying perfume that clung to the wool of Arthur Penhaligon’s suit and seeped into the pores of his skin, marking him as one of the lesser clerks who had forgotten how to leave their offices before the rain began to fall outside the tall, grimy windows. It was November in Leeds, a month where the light died...

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