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Story: That’ll Teach Her
‘For all evils there are two remedies,’ Dumas wrote. ‘Time and silence.’
Well, in the case of ol’ Stitchers, turns out you also needed yer nuts.
I ain’t sorry she’s gone. Not one bit.
Not after what she done.
But no one need know about that now.
‘If you want to keep a secret,’ said Orwell, ‘you must also hide it from yourself.’
So I won’t be saying a word.
To anyone.
Not even to me.