The Wistful Grid

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The Wistful Grid

The grey cloth of the ledger felt cold against Encarnacion Nogales’ palm, a texture like wet slate that she could not wash away. She was twelve years old, the daughter of a salt merchant who had lost his ship to the winter gales, and she sat alone in the cooling room of the Turkish bath, the steam long gone from the air. The Master of Records had refused her application for the clerkship,...

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