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By Thistle By Thimble

The Caster’s Secret

In an age when trades were passed on exclusively from fathers to sons, a famous plaster caster teaches everything he knows to his daughter. As he ages and is less able to work, his daughter secretly takes on more and more work. After her father dies, a Duke’s son arrives at the workshop’s door with a very lucrative opportunity. Will she tell the Duke’s son the truth, or pretend that her father is still alive and take the job?
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