The ledger barely touched the table before the hall understood that the road would move faster than the house if they gave it half a day too much.
Bell Hollow had been opened under lamps. The tally room had been spread out and read in place. The black hut, Undercliff, Ash Run, the long drift, the south wall, the arch, all of it had come back under Grimridge's roof first and then been turned into the next move. This time the plain book from Aldren Voss's office landed in the great hall like a hand already half raised toward the door.
Elin opened it before anyone asked.
