The Faded Guest

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The Faded Guest

The rain against the glass of the Whitmore & Sons textile mill office was a steady, gray hiss that did little to warm the chill in my bones. It was November, 1893, and the city of London lay wrapped in a fog so thick it seemed to press against the windows like a living thing. I was thirty-two years old, a clerk of modest means and ambitious spirit, and I had stayed late to audit the night shift...

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