The Wistful Atlas

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The Wistful Atlas

The hall of the Grand Meridian Hotel smelled of roasted pheasant, spilled wine, and the sharp, metallic tang of old money. It was a Friday night in late November, the year 1893, and the city outside was a lattice of gaslight and fog, but inside, under the crystal chandeliers, the air was thick with the warmth of two hundred bodies and the hum of whispered ambitions. I stood in the corner,...

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