The Distant Summer

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Elias. The name hung in the air of the bank, heavy as a sack of wet grain, spoken by Mr. Thorne with a smile that did not reach the cold, pale architecture of his eyes. I stood there, the ink on my fingers still wet, the contract for the glasshouse lying between us on the mahogany desk, a document that felt less like paper and more like a shackle forged in iron. I wanted the glasshouse. I...

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