The Wistful Mirror

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The ledger sat open on the workbench, its pages swollen with the damp of the harbor air, recording the precise weight of silica, the cost of soda ash, and the accumulating debt of three hundred and twelve pounds, a sum that pressed against Elias Thorne’s temples like a physical weight. He counted the hours remaining in the commission with the same cold precision he applied to the temperature of...

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