A Plain Hand at Weir’s End
- Cheap passage
Via’s link, Hesper Quill’s crew, caught at the Weir’s End gate. 1,573 carried across on the boats at a drop a span, which is what the village can pay on a cheap day. Fares settled in full at the rope, none owed, none forgiven. Boats lashed thwart to thwart and brought back empty by the second turn. Entered in the gate’s hand, ink still wet at the margin.