The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The chisel hits the limestone with a sound like a bone snapping, sharp and wet in the damp air. You count the blows. One, two, three. Each strike is a pound of weight transferred from your shoulder to the stone, a physical debt paid in sweat. The foreman, Mr. Halloway, stands ten paces away, his ledger open, his pen scratching a rhythm that matches the fog rolling off the river. He is not...

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