The Pale Dance

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The Pale Dance

The mill is yours to surrender, Elias. The inspector’s voice was soft, almost kind, as if we were discussing the weather or the price of turnips. He held the deed out, his fingers pale and dry against the rough table. I took it. My hands did not shake. I was the elder, the keeper of the water rights, and I believed, with the certainty of a man who has spent forty years grinding grain, that a...

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