The Pale Banner

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The Pale Banner

The notice of discharge lay on the kitchen table, the paper yellowed by the damp, the ink smudged where Arthur Vane’s thumb had rested. It was a standard form, Type 4-B, issued by the County Magistrate’s office for the termination of employment due to moral delinquency. Arthur read it twice, the bureaucratic language cold and precise, stripping away the last shred of the man he had pretended to...

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