The Pale Protocol

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The Pale Protocol

The ink is black, but the page is stained with the yellowish residue of sweat and fear. It is the fourteenth of October, 1348, and the air in the royal infirmary tastes of copper and rotting linen. I am Elias Thorne, physician to the King’s household, and I have not slept in three days. My son, Thomas, is twelve years old, thin as a reed, and he stands at the edge of the courtyard wall,...

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