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The Pawnshop
It was a sweltering summer day in 1916 when Mary entered the pawnshop. She had just been laid off from her job as a seamstress, and she needed money to pay rent on her small apartment. The pawnbroker, Mr. Holdfast, greeted Mary with a polite smile. He was a tall man with a stern face…