The Golden Quest

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The Golden Quest

The letter lay on the blotter, its edges curling slightly in the dry air of the underwriting room, the ink still wet where the clerk had signed it. You read it twice, the words blurring under the harsh glare of the gas lamp that hummed in its brass cage above your head. Rejected. The reason cited was a statistical anomaly, a phrase so cold and clinical it felt like a slap against the cheek. You...

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