The Wistful Witness
The ledger lies on the table, its spine cracked, its pages yellowed by the damp of the cellar where it was hidden for three years. You hold it now, though you know you should not, for the ink is smeared and the binding weakens under your grip. Outside, the bells of St. Jude’s toll the hour, their bronze voices heavy and slow against the grey sky. You are Thomas, forty-two years old, a watchman...
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