The Pale Tale

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The Pale Tale

The magistrate’s boot struck the threshold with a crack that echoed off the damp stone walls, and I knew then that the time for whispering was over. "Step aside, Mrs. Vane," Thomas Bradshaw said, his voice flat and dry as the dust in the pantry, "you are in violation of the Sanitary Code, Section Four. That garment is a vector for contagion." I did not step aside. I held the hem of the pale...

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