The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The storm did not break; it dissolved, like sugar in hot water, leaving the valley of Oakhaven gray and silent under a sky that refused to clear. For three days, the rain had fallen with a persistent, rhythmic drumming that shook the foundations of the stone cottages and turned the mud roads into rivers of sludge. In this damp, suspended time, the old order of things was not destroyed but...

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