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Advise them to follow the ledger

The work of deciphering
The debtor is irritated by what he calls your small-minded approach to exchange. One must be flexible, he contends, for the wheels of London to turn smoothly. He beats a hasty exit when the creditor claims to have made out the first few lines.

The creditor shows you the ledger, which is a jumble of chaotic scrawls. Is that a drawing of a lizard? What could that possibly mean? God knows how any trading gets done, with this kind of penmanship.

Business in London is lubricated by a steady supply of debt and accounting, but it is remarkable what slips through the cracks. There is even rumour of a factory going missing. How could someone misplace a building?

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