The Golden Farce

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The Golden Farce

The quill felt dead in my hand, a dry twig against the parchment, yet the ink bled. It spread in a wet, dark vein, crossing the ledger line I had drawn with such care. I held my breath, watching the blackness eat the numbers. One shilling. Two. The debt of the Crown, written in my own hand, was bleeding out. The room was cold, the kind of damp that settles in the bones of old stone. Outside,...

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