The Distant Machine

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The ink moves. It does not dry. It crawls. 14 November, 1893. I have not slept in two days. The Duke’s commission is due at dawn, a final plate for his private library, a piece of copper no larger than a man’s palm. I need the money. I need it to keep the roof over my head and to pay the debt that hangs over my daughter like a noose. I am a master engraver. I have been for twenty years. But...

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