โ Scribed by Agatha Christie
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Previously published in the print anthology The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories.
Frank Oliver returns to England after years of overseas service only to realize he no longer knows anyone there. On visiting the British Museum, he encounters the "lonely god," who seems to be experiencing the same sense of isolation he is. Will this strange deity help relieve him of his loneliness?
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