The Wistful Witness

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The ink was wet. Arthur Penhaligon held the quill steady, his knuckles white, the tip hovering a millimeter above the parchment. The year was 1892, and the Municipal Archives smelled of damp wool and decaying paper, a scent that had seeped into his skin over thirty years of service. He was fifty-four, and his hands shook like leaves in a gale. He wanted his pension. He needed it. The charter of...

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