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Chapter 9
Thebloodynagtookfrightandtheoldmongrelafterthecarlikebloodyhellandallthepopulaceshoutingandlaughingandtheoldtinboxclatteringalongthestreet.
Thecatastrophewasterrificandinstantaneousinitseffect.TheobservatoryofDunsinkregisteredinallelevenshocks,allofthefifthgradeofMercalli’sscale,andthereisnorecordextantofasimilarseismicdisturbanceinourislandsincetheearthquakeof1534,theyearoftherebellionofSilkenThomas.TheepicentreappearstohavebeenthatpartofthemetropoliswhichconstitutestheInn’sQuaywardandparishofSaintMichancoveringasurfaceoffortyoneacres,tworoodsandonesquarepoleorperch.Allthelordlyresidencesinthevicinityofthepalaceofjusticeweredemolishedandthatnobleedificeitself,inwhichatthetimeofthecatastropheimportantlegaldebateswereinprogress,isliterallyamassofruinsbeneathwhichitistobefearedalltheoccupantshavebeenburiedalive.Fromthereportsofeyewitnessesittranspiresthattheseismicwaveswereaccompaniedbyaviolentatmosphericperturbationofcycloniccharacter.
