The Distant Clue

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The Distant Clue

The ink on the page was still wet when I saw my own name. I held the quill in my left hand, the tip trembling, while the city clock in the square below struck the hour. It was a cold Tuesday in November, 1892, and the damp crept up from the cellar of the City Hall, settling in my joints. I was thirty-four years old, a constable of twelve years’ service, and the brass of my badge felt like a...

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