The Golden Compass
The fog rolled off the millpond at dusk, thick as wool, smelling of wet iron and rotting reeds. Elias Thorne sat on the bench by the water’s edge, his hands trembling in his lap. He wore a coat that had been fashionable in a previous decade, now frayed at the cuffs. His face was pale, drawn tight over his cheekbones. He was waiting. He had been waiting for three hours. The sun had bled out...
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