Forged in the Fire (2013)
“I don’t know what o’clock it was, or whether the sun ever rose that day. The clouds of smoke were lit by vivid flame, and when we went outside we found ourselves choking, gasping for breath, the air thick with smoke-borne fragments.
Down towards Queenhithe the smoke was blacker still, and as I stared with stinging eyes, I heard an explosion and saw a sudden uprush of fire – as high as a house. It was followed by screaming and the appearance of frightened people struggling up the lane toward...s us with horses, carts, children, bundles of belongings. The roar and crackle of the fire, the screaming and shouting and rumble of carts, brought me to a state of panic.
“Will! We must go!”
Our landlords were already loading up their cart – this time with their home possessions.
“Bring your things down,” Ancret Whitman said to us. “We’ll find room for them. You’ll never get a cart for hire now.”MoreLess
Down towards Queenhithe the smoke was blacker still, and as I stared with stinging eyes, I heard an explosion and saw a sudden uprush of fire – as high as a house. It was followed by screaming and the appearance of frightened people struggling up the lane toward...s us with horses, carts, children, bundles of belongings. The roar and crackle of the fire, the screaming and shouting and rumble of carts, brought me to a state of panic.
“Will! We must go!”
Our landlords were already loading up their cart – this time with their home possessions.
“Bring your things down,” Ancret Whitman said to us. “We’ll find room for them. You’ll never get a cart for hire now.”MoreLess
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