The Faded Sutra

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The Faded Sutra

The quill had been sharpened eleven times that morning, each stroke removing a sliver of goose feather until the tip was fine enough to split a hair, and Thomas Bradshaw counted the strokes in his head, one, two, three, a rhythm that kept the tremor in his left hand at bay, a steady metronome against the failing nerves. The smell of the scriptorium was the smell of damp wool and old iron, a...

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