The Wistful Dinner

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In the damp cellar of the paper mill, the air tastes of iron and old rot, a flavor that coats the back of the throat like a bad penny. I am Conceicao Zuzarte, twelve years old, and my hands are shaking so violently that I cannot hold the quill steady over the ledger. The room is small, a box of stone and shadow beneath the Alfama steps, where the fog from the river creeps in through the cracks...

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