North Carolina Boundary Lines Drawn on an Oak Desk

Monday,” I said.

“Yes,” she said. “The train leaves Raleigh at seven on Sunday morning.”

We ate in silence for a few minutes, the sound of the midday traffic on Hillsborough Street rising over the brick wall. A group of young state employees in matching blue lanyards walked past, their laughter bright and careless in the autumn air.

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