Sobering to think how one accursed night of baccarat can alter a man's social standing so irreversibly.

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“I have no earliest memories, Archivist. Every day of my life in Papa Song was a…”

“The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to t…”

“Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' conscience…”