The Distant Affair
The rain had not stopped for three days, turning the gravel path into a slurry of mud and broken leaves that sucked at the boots of those who walked it. It was a heavy, gray persistence, the kind of weather that seemed to weigh down the very stones of the estate, pressing the world into a state of suspended animation. In the center of this damp stillness stood the old oak tree, its branches...
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