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He hadn't restored the clock for fame or a paycheck. He had done it because he was to a word given to a man who was no longer there to hear it. In Elmsworth, they no longer called Silas an eccentric; they called him the Keeper. What specific themes of loyalty or settings

Silas was the son of the town’s last horologist. On his father’s deathbed, he had made a simple, whispered promise: "Keep the heart beating, Silas. A town without its time is a town adrift." The Daily Vigil Faithful

When the sun finally broke through the clouds, the villagers looked up. For the first time in forty years, the clock showed the correct time. They found Silas asleep at the base of the gears, his coat draped over the sensitive escapement wheel to protect it from the draft. He hadn't restored the clock for fame or a paycheck