
August light lay under the cedar while Janet Fenwick asked how much longer Harry Gilmore must wait for your answer. A month of uncertainty has become three, Mary, and he comes here almost every day. You step into this one-chapter preview with Harry Gilmore at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. For the first time no errand, danger, or friend stood between his question and the word you had not yet chosen. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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