Contents

PART I · REGISTRATION

• 1 Many Happy Returns
• 2 Nearby
• 3 The Grace Period
• 4 Instructions for the First Hour
• 5 Cheap Words
• 6 Kept
• 7 The One Who Would Not Clear
• 8 Final Position
• 9 Present
• 10 Crowd, Moved
• 11 The Tank
• 12 Reconciliation

PART II · THE RATE

• 13 Sub la Kuranta Akvo
• 14 Export
• 15 The Rate
• 16 Therefore
• 17 The Works
• 18 Effects
• 19 Walking the Ground
• 20 Stimulus
• 21 Sale 41
• 22 Kindly Confirm
• 23 Room Four
• 24 Standing Order
• 25 The Wing
• 26 Order Was Restored

PART III · CONTINUATION

• 27 Local Mode
• 28 What I Have Receipts For
• 29 The First One First
• 30 Retention
• 31 Next Year
• 32 A Place Is Held
• 33 Enough
• 34 The Standard Questions
• 35 Good Crossing
• 36 Minutes
• 37 Within Boundaries
• 38 A Companion for New Arrivals
• 39 The Turn on the Half-Landing

PART IV · CORRECTIONS

• 40 For Corrections Only
• 41 Nothing Worth Keeping
• 42 Errata
• 43 Four Minutes
• 44 Press Nine
• 45 The Reserve
• 46 Situations Vacant
• 47 Aired Quarterly
• 48 Now Serving
• 49 The Standard Vows
• 50 The Column
• 51 The Observance
• 52 The Pool

PART V · VISITING HOURS

• 53 Service Improvement
• 54 The Last Word
• 55 The Well
• 56 The Naming
• 57 Room-Tone
• 58 Not Given
• 59 The Liminal
• Visiting Hours