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The Thirty-First of April

El treinta y uno de abril

In occupied Paris, the Resistance schedules its secret meetings with a library due-date stamp. The system is invisible, precise, perfect. Then a German captain who loves Balzac reads a date that doesn't exist.

Part 1 of 3 in Stamped in Silence

El sello cayó sobre la tarjeta con un golpe seco: 12 de marzo. Marguerite Aubry observó la fecha un segundo, cerró el libro y lo puso en el carrito. Para cualquier lector, era una fecha de devolución normal.

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