The Wistful Grid
The letter was stained. Not with ink, but with the yellowish residue of sweat and old wool. Thomas held it in his trembling hands, the paper thin as onion skin. It smelled of damp earth and mothballs. He had been holding it for three days. He had not slept. The room was cold. The coal fire had died to gray ash. Outside, the November wind scraped against the windowpane, a sound like dry leaves...
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