The Faded Bouquet

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The Faded Bouquet

The theodolite required three adjustments before the crosshair stabilized. Elias Thorne counted the clicks of the micrometer, one, two, three, his fingers numb from the damp that seeped through the wool of his gloves. The air in the north wing was thick, a cold viscosity that pressed against his eardrums like deep water. He was forty-five years old, and he had been mapping this rotting estate...

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