"Article the first. A shadow is the record of where its person has stood." – Standing Orders of the Ledger
FIELD REPORT – Ferdinand Lusk REPORT 3 OF 14 SUBJECT: The Standing Orders of the Ledger (attached), with observations I was entered on the second day. The Umbrarium is a domed hall in the night quarter whose trading floor opens at dusk, and the Registrar, a Mr Quint, read my line to me from the tall desk in the centre before anyone else was admitted, so that I should hear it in quiet. He wears grey gloves. He asked me to confirm the ninth-hour length, which I could not have done, and then he gave me the Standing Orders to read, which are posted on a board beside the desk in a hand older than his. I copy them here in full because the Bureau will not believe a paraphrase. STANDING ORDERS OF THE LEDGER OF GNOMON Article the first. A shadow is the record of where its person has stood. It is the property of that person and of no other, until it is cut, pledged, let or forfeited under these Orders. Article the second. Every shadow within the city shall be entered: its owner, its length a...
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