The Wistful Grid

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The Wistful Grid

14 October 1904 The fog here is not weather. It is a substance, thick and grey, pressing against the glass of the outpost window like a living thing seeking entry. I write this by the light of a kerosene lamp, the flame trembling in the draft, while I hold the tin box in my lap. Inside is the heart of my son, Arthur. He died three days ago, of a fever that burned through his lungs before the...

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