Chapter 1The Beginning and the End

1. 1In the tenth month, on the tenth day, by night, Mayo took up the incident “The Flooded Archive” alone and chose pumping out the water; and it is written in the record thereof, “Every soaked record was carried out of the dried archive and laid in the sun. What they say is still being read”
2. 2And on the morrow, in the morning, Mayo searched out the Wildflower Wreath, and at the end thereof it was written, “It was an offering at the water’s edge”
3. 3And Mayo set a goal, “First Investigation,” and fulfilled it
4. 4And on the morrow, at noon, Mayo searched out the Castellan's Signet, and at the end thereof it was written, “The castellan judged by two laws”

The days of one generation are ended, yet the name remaineth with the one that followeth