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"Your grandmother," Bártová said slowly, switching to fluent Czech, then back to English. "What was her name?"
He pushed the envelope across the counter.
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The sign above the door read Zastavárna , its gold paint flaking like old skin. A single bulb buzzed inside, casting the room in a jaundiced glow. This was not a place of desperate last resorts, but of quiet, resigned surrender. It wasn't a watch
"Go," Bártová said, nodding toward the door as the kettle in the back began to whistle—a low, rising shriek. "Go read it in the light. The shadows in here are too thick for such things."