The Old Curiosity Shop
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You are Nell, and the shop is quiet until your grandfather kisses your forehead, hides mud on his shoes, and vanishes into the fog after making you promise to bolt the door behind him. After midnight the knock that comes is not Kit's: it's Daniel Quilp, sliding a sealed paper under the door that names the shop and everything in it pledged against a debt. Kit climbs the back wall to stand beside you before you draw the bolt. Dawn brings your grandfather home with nothing left to redeem it.
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