The Faded Alibi

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The Faded Alibi

The gavel struck the mahogany block with a dry, final crack that seemed to split the air in the small London courtroom. Arthur Vane stood at the witness box, his hands trembling so violently that the wooden railing vibrated against his palms. He was forty years old, a former telegraph operator whose fingers had once moved with mechanical precision, but now they were useless, stiff things that...

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