The Distant Threshold

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The banquet hall smelled of roasted lamb and old stone, a scent that had permeated the walls of the Ministry over three centuries. It was a smell that did not fade, only accumulated, layer upon layer of grease and dust and the particular, metallic tang of anxiety. Arthur Penhaligon sat at the far end of the long table, his posture rigid, his hands folded in his lap like a man waiting for a...

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