The Woman With the Sapphire Cloak

A makeshift wooden ramp leads visitors from the riverbank down to the frost fair. You go over the ramp carefully then step onto the ice. It's a little slippery at first but you soon find your balance. stallholders sell tins of tea or loaves of dark sticky gingerbread wrapped in waxed paper tied with ribbon. An old woman in a lace cap sells exquisite handmade doors and next to her a glove maker has laid out his wares, buttery soft gloves in every colour imaginable.

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