The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

The mainspring lay in Elias Thorne’s palm, cold and heavy as a dead bird. It was not broken, which was the first wrong thing. It was fused, a metallic knot of brass and iron twisted together by a heat that had no source in the room. He held it up to the single gaslight, the flame trembling in a draft that seemed to come from the floorboards themselves. Behind him, the Great Clock ticked. It was...

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