The Pale Circus

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The Pale Circus

The morning bell rang in the bell tower of St. Jude’s Infirmary, a low, resonant groan that vibrated in the marrow of Thomas Bradshaw’s bones. He stood by the window of his small, stone-walled office, watching the mist rise off the courtyard cobblestones. The air smelled of damp earth and rendered tallow. Thomas was a clerk of the lowest order, a man whose life was measured in ink blots and the...

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