The Golden Greenhouse

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The water in the bucket was forty degrees, cold enough to sting the knuckles, and you counted the leaves as you scrubbed. One, two, three. The Golden Fern had six fronds, and you needed them to stay green until the pension board arrived in March. You were Elias, forty-two, the warden of the Abbey’s glasshouse, and your hands were raw from the brine. The glasshouse was a place of condensation...

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