The Key in the Courtyard Fountain

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Soft limestone and still air. A Paris courtyard on a slow spring morning, a fountain newly filled after winter — and at the bottom of the basin, a small brass key that doesn't belong to anyone Marianne knows. So she puts on her shoes and starts asking around.