The Iron Ship
The Iron Ship
“Banksrow was situated perpendicularly to the coast, offering no barrier to the wind. Strong gusts blew right up between the palaces of finance situated either side, creating stinging eddies of dancing leaves and grit.
“There are inconsistencies within the books,” Katriona confided in him. “Money is missing. It has been hidden, but not exceptionally well. I can see that it is gone.”
Guis nodded. “Your love of numbers is doing you a service finally.”
“If you paid as much attention to yours as I d...id, then you might have the same facility.”
“Yes, well.”
They walked arm in arm along pavements where everyone else hurried away from the wind, faces down, hats clamped to their heads.
“It is everywhere, I fear. The prices for certain of the raw materials we consume in our simpler manufacturing processes are inflated.”
“How so?” said Guis. Department stores replaced the banks, and they stepped into warm pools of light streaming from high windows, behind which goods from across the Hundred were arranged.MoreLess
“There are inconsistencies within the books,” Katriona confided in him. “Money is missing. It has been hidden, but not exceptionally well. I can see that it is gone.”
Guis nodded. “Your love of numbers is doing you a service finally.”
“If you paid as much attention to yours as I d...id, then you might have the same facility.”
“Yes, well.”
They walked arm in arm along pavements where everyone else hurried away from the wind, faces down, hats clamped to their heads.
“It is everywhere, I fear. The prices for certain of the raw materials we consume in our simpler manufacturing processes are inflated.”
“How so?” said Guis. Department stores replaced the banks, and they stepped into warm pools of light streaming from high windows, behind which goods from across the Hundred were arranged.MoreLess
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