The Golden Suspect
The count of the blocks was simple enough, though the counting of the days was not. You had laid forty-seven stones in the north wall of the crypt since the frost set in, each one cut to a tolerance of a hair’s width, fitted into the mortar with the precision of a man who knew that a single error would cost him the contract and, by extension, his sister’s freedom. The Bishop’s steward had been...
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