The Faded Sutra

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The Faded Sutra

The bell in the steeple did not ring. It choked. A dry, rattling cough escaped the bronze throat of the instrument, a sound like a bone snapping in the dark. Below, in the narrow lane of Ashworth Lane, the mist clung to the cobblestones like a shroud. It was the hour of the Vespers, or what passed for it in the old village of Oakhaven, where the sun set early and the shadows stretched long and...

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