The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The gaslight in the Meridian Insurance Exchange did not merely illuminate the room; it seeped into the paper, turning the dry, brittle ledgers into wet, breathing things that smelled of iron and old sweat. Arthur Vane, thirty years old and junior actuary, stood before the desk of his deceased father, the former Chief, his hands trembling not from fear but from the violent, instinctual panic...

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