The Faded Attic

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The Faded Attic

The train into Ashford smelled of coal dust and wet wool, a scent that clung to the skin like a second, heavier coat, and as the locomotive groaned to a halt beneath the iron lattice of the station, I watched the valley unfold below, grey and silent, dominated by the black silhouette of Blackwood Manor rising from the mist like a jagged tooth in the jaw of the earth. I am forty years old, a...

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