The Wistful Witness

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The ink in my pen was still wet when I heard the heavy oak door of my office close, sealing out the hum of the bank’s floor. I did not look up from the resignation letter. My hands, usually steady enough to assemble a hairspring under a microscope, were trembling against the cold brass of the desk. It was not age. At forty-two, a man does not tremble from weakness. It was the visceral, primal...

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