I built our house upon my mother-in-laws plot, somewhere just beyond the wavering edge of Oxford, in a place that hummed with village birdsong and mist....
Every morning Emily awoke to the sound of rain tapping against the window and watched grey clouds gather above the rooftops outside. The weather seemed to...
I built our house upon my mother-in-laws plot, somewhere just beyond the wavering edge of Oxford, in a place that hummed with village birdsong and mist....
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