The Wistful Silence

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The brass was green with verdigris, a sickness that had eaten into the Great Chime of St. Jude’s until it hung like a dead tongue in the throat of the tower. Elias Thorne stood on the scaffolding, his fingers trembling not from the cold that seeped through his wool coat, but from the arithmetic of his ruin. Below, the shop window of Thorne & Son Clockmakers reflected the grey face of the town,...

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