The Distant Garden

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Vane. The word hung in the air, sharp and cold, as Mr. Sterling cleared his throat. Clara wiped her hands on her apron, the linen already stiff with starch and the faint, metallic taste of the day’s scrubbing. It was November, 1912, and the dining room of the Sterling estate smelled of roasted pheasant and expensive perfume, a scent that clung to the velvet curtains like a second skin. She had...

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