The Faded Quadrant

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The celebration in the Halloway Mill’s breakroom was a loud, greasy affair, the air thick with the smell of boiled cabbage and damp wool. It was November 1904, and the men were drinking cheap porter to mark the installation of the new looms, while the women stood in clusters, their hands stiff with cold. Clara Vance stood apart from the group, her eyes fixed on a man in a heavy, dark green wool...

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