Long, uneventful histories, told slowly and without incident, for falling asleep to. Nothing is revealed, nobody turns out to have been someone else, and there is no reason at all to stay awake for the end.
A small room near the gate, a ruled board and a handful of counters, and a long strip of parchment covered in small abbreviated Latin. Obedientiaries, tally sticks, and the annual hearing at which a man read aloud the price of eggs.
