The Distant Whispers

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Vane. The name was not shouted, but it was spoken with a sharpness that cut through the stale air of the reading room, a sound like a nail dragging across slate. I looked up from the ledger, my fingers still stained with the grey dust of the 1890s tax records, and saw Mr. Halloway, the head archivist, standing in the doorway with his arms crossed. He did not smile. In this building, smiles were...

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