The Distant Affair

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"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the cipher key, effective immediately." The ink was still wet on the ledger page when Mr. Sterling slammed it shut, the sound cracking like a knuckle in the quiet of the telegraph office. I stood in the doorway of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair exhibit, the steam from the boilers hissing around my ankles, my hands trembling not...

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