The Faded Alibi

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The Faded Alibi

The letter, Chief Justice, is not a petition for mercy, but a demand for arithmetic, for the simple, cold fact that two plus two equals four, and that in this case, the sum has been miscalculated for seven years. Arthur Vane sat in the mahogany chair across from the bench, his hands folded so tightly in his lap that the knuckles turned the color of old bone, feeling the grain of the wood...

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