y intrusion. For a faltering second I  ticed  noticing came togetmospains. transparency Miss inter’s eyes. t t teel core t o tention narroo one tide of Emmeline’s breato my ears.

    ‘No! She’s—“

    I fell to my knees by tared.

    ‘Yes,“ Miss inter said softly. ”S es ago.“

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    It  persuaded me s  brougo my c, falling over eacience to fly into Emmeline’s ear.

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    But I oo late. the divide had come down. Invisible. Irrevocable. Implacable.

    My o a pane of glass.

    ‘O toucer’s ly.

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    I pulled at tucked into my skirt, revealed my torso to t.

    My scar. My ranslucence. t divides.

    ‘ted us. And s live  me.“

    I felt tter of Miss inter’s fingers tracing t on my skin, saender sympathy in her face.

    ‘t er t t her“

    ‘Cer looked at me. he compassion of her eyes.

    I t notly still. But under ting and a stirring. I felt t s. For years a ing vessel s cargo of bones. No sed. I urbed it, and it created a turbulence t lifted clouds of