The Faded Frequency
14 November 1892 The rain has stopped, but the damp still clings to the stone of the infirmary, a grey film that seems to seep into the marrow of my bones. I sit by Elara’s cot, my hand resting on her knee, feeling the fragile architecture of her life ticking away like a broken clock. She is pale, her breath shallow and rattling, a sound like dry leaves skittering across pavement. I am forty...
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