Plates · 147 × 90
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The plate
Fig. 1147 across, 90 down.
The grid itself
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|_| ( XI ) ( IV ) ( ?? ) |_| _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ _ _ _ |_|_|_|
|_| '-' '-' '-' |_| | |_| |/ _ \| |_| | _ \| | / _ \/ __|| __| ( _ ) | | / _ \ /_\ | \| | |_|_|_|
|_| \ | / |_| | _ | (_) | _ | /| |_| (_) \__ \| _| / _ \/\ | |_| (_) / _ \| .' | |_|_|_|
|_| '-.____________|____________.-' |_| |_| |_|\___/|_| |_|_|_\|____\___/|___/|___| \___/\/ |____\___/_/ \_\_|\_| |_|_|_|
|_| THE THREE HANDS OF PLEDGE |_| |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| WE LEND ON ANY HOUR OF A LIFE . RATES BY TICK . NO HOUR RETURNED IN KIND |_|_|_|
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|| P L E D G E S H E L V E S || T H E W E I G H I N G C O U N T E R || A U C T I O N . ' . ' .
|| each lot ticks at its own rate || || OF UNREDEEMED TIME ' . '
|| ____________________________________________ || ,,;;;;;,, || . ' every last thursday ' .
|| | LOT 4 . a wedding's fourth hour | || ,;;:::::::;;, || ' . rain or more rain . '
|| | tick: slow . redeemable: asked nightly | || ,;;::' , ':::;, || . ' . ' . ' .
|| | _____________ | || ;;:: /( ::;; || ___________ '
|| | /.-"""""""-. \ {~@~ ~@~} | || ;;:: | \ ::;; || \ / .
|| | |( {~@~@~} ) | { STILL } | || ';;::.\c/.::;;' || )_______( '
|| | |( {_______} ) | ~~)~(~~ | || ';:::'-,:::;' || |"""""""|_.-._,.---.,_
|| | |( __)_(__ ) | held mid-vow | || '';| |;'' the hour || | | | | | |'-.
|| | \.-'~~~~~'-. / both still saying | || '-, on the flame || | |_| |_ _| |_.'
|| | '---------' yes yes yes | || | | is nobody's || |_______| '-' `'--'` '-'
|| |__________________________________________| || '-, collateral || )"""""""(
|| ____________________________________________ || | | it burns off || /_________\ the gavel
|| | LOT 7 . an hour of rain at a window | || jgs /`"`\ the interest || `'-------'` falls at
|| | tick: soft . the glass remembers it | || .-'. _.'-. || .-------------. the rate
|| | ( | || `._ ` _.' || jgs/_______________\ of ??
|| | (_) ) | || `"---"` ||
|| | /"""""\ (_) | || || . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . '
|| | | (')') ( | || ______ the broker || TODAY'S LOTS . ' UNDER .
|| | C _) (_) | || .-' . . .'-. weighs || ' . THE ' . HAMMER ' .
|| | \ _| window | || / ' \ ' \ a fourth hour || ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░
|| | \__/ not included | || | ' \ ' | of a wedding || ▓▓░░░░░░░░░▓▓ ░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░
|| | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | || | : () : | against brass || ▓▓░▓▓▓▓▓▓░░▓▓ ░░▒▒████▒▒░░░
|| |__________________________________________| || | . . | || ▓▓░▓▓ ▓▓░░▓▓ ░░▒▒▒ ▒▒▒░░░
|| ____________________________________________ || \ . . . . / || ▓▓░▓▓? ?▓▓░▓▓ ░░▒▒■ ■▒▒░░░
|| | LOT 9 . the hour before the diagnosis | || `-.______.-' || ▓▓░▓▓ ▓▓░░▓▓ ░░▒▒ ⋃ ▒▒░░░
|| | tick: held . DO NOT WIND | || )( || ▓▓░▓▓▓▓▓▓░░▓▓ ░░▒▒████▒▒░░░
|| | /\/\/\/\ | || ____/ \____ || ▓▓░░░░░░░░░▓▓ ░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░
|| | < > ______ | || / \ || ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░
|| | < O O > [______] | || .--'--. .--'--. || LOT 12: the LOT 13: an
|| | < () > |\ /| | || ( 4thHR ) ( BRASS ) || hour a father hour asleep
|| | < `.__.' > | )( | the sand | || ( ~@~@~ ) ( £ £ £ ) || watched a in the sun
|| | \/\/\/\/ jgs |/::\| stopped | || `--.--' `--.--' || cot breathe aged eight
|| | still waiting [______] | || :: || ||
|| |__________________________________________| || :: it BALANCES || ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 011101001010
|| ____________________________________________ || :: which is the || █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █ 101 OUT 10
|| | LOT 11 . one hour, 3am, unspecified | || :: whole trouble || █ █▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ █ 010 BID 01
|| | tick: fast . nobody has asked after it | || :: || █ █▓ x x ▓█ █ 101110101011
|| | __ __ | || \/ || █ █▓ -- ▓█ █ ░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒
|| | (( (__)---(__) )) | || ______________ || █ █▓ ▓█ █ █ UNCLAIMED █
|| | //. '|' .\\ it rings | || \ TILL: HOURS / ,**, the deposit || █ █▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ █ ░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒
|| | ||_ | _|| on the hour | || \ IN ONLY / .\/. rings once || ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
|| | ||. 7 .|| it does not | || )========( // \\-. ||
|| | \\ '/. ' // say which | || .' '. \\_///`\\ the bidders || / \ /||\ / \
|| | '-:---:-' hour | || / _||__ \ '-\\__// (they only || / \ / || \ / \
|| | jgs /_______\ | || | (_||_ | '--' ever buy) || / ╲◕╱ \ / ╲x╱x\ / ╲⚆╱ \
|| |__________________________________________| || | __||_) | || / つ \ / つつ \ / つ \
|| ____________________________________________ || | || | ,OO.--. || TIME \/ TIME \ / TIME
|| | LOT 15 . the hour the cuckoo kept | || '. .' ,O //\ '------. || STREAMS /\ STREAMS \ STREAMS
|| | tick: wooden . calls a door not a time | || '-----------' O \O/ .-,-,-,-' || BID-EYE / \ TWIN-BID \ COLD-EYE
|| | _ | || COIN OUT O, ,O--' ||
|| | ,/_\, ___ | || ONLY 'O.-O. keys to || going . . . going . . .
|| | ,/_/ \_\, ( ) | || jgs /<__>\ nothing || nothing is ever GONE here
|| | /_/ |(V)| \_\ `-' | || \ / in this || it is only R E H U N G
|| | | .-. | the bird | || '. | building ||
|| | | / / \ | is out | || < | opens || . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . '
|| | | \ \ / | on its own | || <_/ || ' . ' rain falls on . '
|| | '--,-,--' recognizance | || || . the stock and is ' .
|| | jgs | | | || ~ the shop spirit, of the smoke of the till ~ || ' . itself seized . ' .
|| |________/\|_______________________________| || * * * * || as LOT 16 an hour of rain
|| || * * IITTSS ||
|| MORE HOURS IN THE BACK . ASK FOR NOTHING || * * (✧)(✧) * IINN it says || no wall this side .
|| || * ╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲ * RR I AM THE || the weather is a
||_________________________________________________|| * ~~~~~~ * INTEREST || standing customer
||_________________________________________________|| * I AM * ||_______________________________
|| || * OWED * ||
|| ______________________________________ || * * * * * * || ______________________
|| | REDEMPTIONS (knock and keep waiting) | || || | TERMS: an hour lent |
|| | ═══╪══════╪══════╪══════╪══════╪═══ | || ᵖᵘʳʳ || | is an hour SPENT . |
|| | ═══╪═ BOARDED SINCE we opened ═╪═══ | || /ᐠ｡ᴥ｡ᐟ\ . . the cat sleeps on the || | interest accrues in |
|| | ═══╪══════╪══════╪══════╪══════╪═══ | || (the only warm hatch is the one || | YOUR ticking . the |
|| |______________________________________ _| || that never opens) || | shop keeps the hours |
|| || || | it cannot spend . |
|| || || |______________________|
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