The Wistful Witness

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The ink was rising. "Arthur." The voice came from the doorway, dry and scraping like a chalkboard eraser. I looked up from the ledger. Mr. Halloway stood there, his coat buttoned to the throat, his face a tight mask of professional disapproval. It was November, 1912, and the gas lamps in the archive were not yet lit, but the afternoon light from the high windows was already failing, turning the...

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