The Pale Echo

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The Pale Echo

Chapter One Usha Pillai stood on the platform at thirty-one of the Ferry Slip, watching the steam from the boiler rise in thick, grey plumes that smelled of coal and wet wool, a scent that had seeped into the lining of her coat until she could taste the industrial grime on her tongue. She did not board the train that was scheduled to leave for Bombay at four; instead, she held the soot-stained...

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