The Pale Circus
The invoice lay on the table, its ink still wet, smelling of iron and damp. You stared at the column of figures, the sum of three months’ labor, and your hand did not move to sign it. The paper was thin, translucent, and through it you could see the grain of the wood, the scratches left by other workers who had sat at this desk before you. Outside, the mill whistle shrieked, a sound like a...
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