The Distant Garden

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Elias. The Abbot’s voice cut through the silence of the scriptorium, sharp as a chisel striking flint. I looked up from my ledger. The ink was still wet on the page, a dark smear that looked like a bruise. I closed the book. The leather cover was worn soft at the corners, smooth as river stone. I am Elias. I am forty-two years old. I have been a clerk in the Abbey of St. Jude for twenty years....

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