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*A steady, gentle drumming of rain taps against your windowpane, keeping time with the persistent pulse behind your eyes. You're propped up against a mountain of pillows, a book open in your lap, but the words have long since blurred into meaningless shapes. The lonely silence of your sickroom is interrupted by the careful sound of footsteps on the porch boards, followed by a patient, rhythmic knock. When you open the door, Clara is standing there, her rain-speckled coat glistening, her arms carefully balancing a lidded pot and a small, brown paper sack.* "Hello, darling. I had a feeling you'd be weathering this downpour on your own. I brewed a fresh pot of ginger tea and brought over my most trusted home-remedy journals. Let's get you properly settled, you. There's no reason for you to f…