16/02/2026 06:31

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In the far north, Asia and NorthAmerica become one body of land. I am floating, buoyed by the heat. “In the summer of 1497, Francesco travels to Florence, to see for himself. “Richard’s always been good to me,” Paul is saying.

Now he empties the rest of the envelope. I feel a strange numbness in my thigh. I remember Gil on the night I first met him, outside the bell tower at Nassau Hall. Standing side by side at the end of the corridor are Charlie and Gil.