The Wistful Crossroads

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The rain did not fall; it hung in the air of the conservatory like a gray curtain drawn across the window of the world, a suspended breath held by the industrial god of the clockwork sky. Inside, the air was thick with the scent of damp wool and old paper, a perfume of decay that had settled into the very plaster of the walls. Arthur Penhaligon sat in the high-backed chair, his posture rigid, a...

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