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Mira gasped. The doctor froze.

“I said your son will not live,” Arthur murmured. And then, for the first time in forty-seven years, he added a second sentence without being asked: “But he is not your son.” 50 Great Short Stories Pdf Free Download

“He’s responding,” the doctor said. “It’s early, but… he’s going to live.” Mira gasped

“Mr. Pendelton,” she said. “I have one question.” ” Arthur murmured. And then

Arthur pulled up a second chair. He waited.

“No,” he said. “He won’t.”

By the time Arthur was seventy-two, he lived in a small cottage on the edge of a moor. People traveled for days to hear him speak. They called him the Oracle of the Heather. They would ask a single question, and Arthur would answer with three words or less.