The Distant Cartograph

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The steam rose in thin, white tendrils from the brass vents, curling around the iron bars of the window frame. Margaret stood by the drafting table, her fingers cold, the ink smudged on her right hand a dark bruise against the pale skin. The air in the Cartographic Survey Office tasted of ozone and stale tobacco. It was the scent of industry, of progress, of the great machinery of the empire...

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