The Pale Verdict

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The Pale Verdict

The ink was wet, or it was supposed to be, but Elias Thorne knew the difference between the damp of fresh iron gall and the dry, flaking residue of a document that had been sitting in a drawer for three weeks, waiting for a magistrate’s signature to give it life. He held the bail bond for Arthur Vane, the strike leader who had led the textile workers of Millhaven into a deadlock that had cost...

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