The Pale Banner

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The Pale Banner

The loom hall of the Thorne & Vane Textile Mill in 1893 was a cathedral of soot and steam, where the air hung thick with the scent of wet wool and machine oil, and in the center of that oppressive heat, Elias Thorne watched his wife, Clara, cough a bright, shocking spray of blood onto a white handkerchief. The sound of the coughing was small, almost lost beneath the thunderous, rhythmic...

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