The Distant Clue
The ledger is heavy. It is not heavy because of the paper, which is thin and yellowed, but because of the silence that clings to its spine. I am twelve years old, and my hands are shaking, not from cold, though the November air in Ashworth is sharp enough to cut, but from the effort of holding my own dignity intact. I must cross the Iron Bridge. My father is dead. He has been dead for three...
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