The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The bone folder was thin, a sliver of ox hide worn smooth by thirty years of thumbs, and Elias Thorne held it against the spine of the psalter with a force that made his knuckles white. The vellum resisted, stiff and cold, refusing the gentle persuasion required to make the pages lie flat. His hand trembled. It was a small, irritating vibration, like a tuning fork struck against a table, but it...

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