The Pale Verdict

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The Pale Verdict

Oakhaven, November 14, 1924 The paper is damp at the edges, the ink of your last letter bleeding into a brownish haze that makes the words wobble like water. I am sitting on the cold flagstones of St. Jude’s Chapel, my back against the north wall where the mortar has crumbled to dust. I am forty years old, Martha, and I am the only person in this town who knows the load-bearing capacity of the...

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