The Distant Summer

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The fog was not a weather phenomenon. It was a presence. Arthur Vane stood on the wet cobblestones of the pier, his hands trembling at his sides. The iron lattice of the suspension bridge groaned above him, a skeleton hanging from the gray sky. He was a man of books, of dry ink and dry air. Here, the dampness ate at his skin. His left knee throbbed, a dull, rhythmic ache that matched the swing...

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