The Distant Affair

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I was sifting the last of the rye when the floorboards groaned. Not a creak. A groan. Heavy. Wet. I stopped the winnowing fan. My hands were black with dust, up to the wrists. The debt was due in nine days. Twelve shillings for the coffin, four for the gravedigger, and the rest for the priest who had refused to look at my brother’s face. I had to feed the thing beneath the floor. I had no...

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