The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The chandelier in the Great Hall did not hang from the ceiling; it hovered, a suspended constellation of crystal and cold fire that seemed to breathe in the stagnant air. Elias Thorne stood at the edge of the buffet, a glass of claret in his hand, feeling the weight of his own reputation pressing against his ribs like a stone. He was forty years old, an archivist of modest renown, and he had...

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