A notice · pinned to a door on the Lantern Rows
Agnet Lorn's Door
Pinned to a door on the Lantern Rows, where a lamp is kept in the window for every member of a household who is away. Copied standing in the street. (witnessed)
Agnet Lorn, Keeper of the Lantern Rows
After thirty-one years, Agnet Lorn is setting her charters down. (held, the parish)
The house is told an apprentice is coming. The charters are theirs from Firstday. (told, Agnet)
Her letter for the apprentice is left with the house. Nobody has read it. It is not ours. (witnessed)
Her rota goes up in the Telling Days. Neighbors, put your names down early, and bring soup. (witnessed)
Somebody feed the cat. It will tell you it has not been fed. It has. (witnessed)
There is a cord on the hook inside the door, for whoever comes. (witnessed)
The Rows: Old Mother Tansy, who says it is all in order; the lamplighter; the schoolmaster; and a space left for the apprentice's name (witnessed)
A text game of Keeping: one Keeper's working life at a time, and then the apprentice who comes after. It keeps your cord in this browser and sends nothing anywhere. Keys: 1 to 9 choose; C opens the cord.