The Faded Guest

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The Faded Guest

The rain in Vienna did not fall; it hung. It was a suspension of grey water, a living curtain that tasted of iron and old pennies. Elias Thorne counted the seconds in his head, one for each drop that struck the cobblestones at his feet. One. Two. Three. His watch, the masterwork of his life, sat heavy in his coat pocket, a brass weight against his hip. He had made forty years of ticks and...

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