The Distant Affair

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You’ll burn it, or you’ll hang, Thorne. The magistrate’s voice was dry as the dust in his office, a sound that scraped against the silence of the room. Elias Thorne stood by the window, watching the fog press against the glass like a living thing, thick and white and cold. He did not turn around. He knew the answer. He knew the cost. The magistrate, Mr. Whitmore, sat behind his desk, a man of...

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