THE LETTER
irs, yaretcurning to myself, I found t my ts ems in particular ed out of tritus t is my memory and placed for my attention.
t tle scene involving my fate library clearance includes a number of Vida inters. At t deal in contemporary fiction. “I’ll take to ty s before t, to a priest, one to a cartograpo a military orian. Our clients’ faces, omary outo lig ter luncaloging and tomers, reading as usual. It is late autumn, it is raining and ted up. In ter; oget, we are deep in our books. “Sea?” I ask, surfacing. No answer.
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