What a Sarrum Man Knows, and What a Company Should

A Sarrum man knows first, and knows before he could say how he learnt it, which of three powers he actually lives under; and the answer is not the same for everybody. A hall man in a trade lives under his hall. A wharf gang labourer lives under his street. A factor, a master, anybody with credit, lives under the banks. Very few souls stand exposed to all three at once, and those who do, the small masters of Candlewick above all, are the most cautious people in the city, since caution is what remains to a man whom three bodies may each ruin without consulting the other two.