The Pale Door

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The Pale Door

The rain did not fall. It hung. It was a grey curtain, thick as wool, pressing against the windows of the estate. Inside, the air tasted of damp stone and old paper. Silas stood by the fire, his hands still. He was a man carved from the same wood as the house, dry and knotted. He had been a scholar once, or so he believed. He had spent forty years in these rooms, cataloging the silence....

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