🌿 Behind a clockmaker's shop, past a mossy courtyard, lies a hidden garden where time stops and beauty takes root in the most unexpected places.

Silas discovered the garden twenty years ago and has been quietly tending it ever since. Its heart is a clock built from the remains of timepieces that could no longer keep time — a beautiful, still monument to his late wife, frozen at quarter past three. In this secret green room, lavender brushes against rosemary, climbing roses spill their petals onto a worn stone path, and the only sounds are the whisper of leaves and the hum of bees. Every evening after closing, Silas steps through the iron gate and enters a world where the noise of the street falls away and something ancient and patient holds him.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - The Iron Gate at the Back
01:20 - Twenty Years of Quiet Tending
02:30 - The Stone Path and the Herbs
03:40 - The Clock Made of Broken Timepieces
05:00 - Quarter Past Three
06:15 - The Evening Ritual of Closing and Entering
07:30 - Checking on the Plants
08:40 - Sitting by the Clock in the Blue Hour
09:30 - Locking the Gate Behind Him

A 10-minute bedtime story that invites you into a world of hidden beauty and gentle routine. Sebastian Cross's baritone voice guides you through the garden like a quiet friend.

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