The Wistful Silence

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"Put the silver in the tin, Mercedes, before the tax boat sees the shine." The voice was old, cracked by the damp that rose from the cellar floor, a chill that bit through wool and skin alike. Don Isidro, the hermit with the pension, sat in the corner of the boiler room, his back curved like a dried reed. He did not look at the silver. He looked at the door, where the crickets had stopped...

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