The Distant Affair

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In the ledger of the Trieste Naval Registry, dated the fourth of November, 1904, the entry reads: Costa, S. — Inspection of H.M.S. Aethelgard. Status: Pending. Silvio Costa stood on the wet cobblestones of the port, his breath pluming in the cold air that smelled of brine and tannery smoke. He was thirty-four, a man whose ambition had outpaced his comfort, and in his left pocket, the cracked...

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