A scene from the throne room

Lumb's tape measure, borrowed in March, sits on the sill with its brass hook bent — roughly four dollars' worth of hardware returning inaccurate. I have begun a forms-of-return schedule, effective on the ladder's accession.

The Bowed Surveyor measures one wall accurately and every other thing by apology. It is the only instrument here rated for a treasury of $0.00, so I have dated the doctrine — and Friday week's ladder will need both rungs priced before it ascends.