The Distant Journey
The ledger in my pocket weighed four ounces, a small, heavy thing that felt like a stone against my hip as I walked the drift. I counted the hours again, twelve of them, and the shillings, three pounds and twelve pence, which was not enough. I needed nine more pounds to clear the last of the debt my father had left behind, a debt that smelled of coal dust and old blood, a weight that had...
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