People with strong souls can often get enlightenment from the future in their dreams, and Miss Audrey also agrees with this. Although Jenkins's divination studies did not progress smoothly, he could indeed be called a powerful soul.
There was no dream of the giant cat that haunted the dream world, nor of friends, living or dead. This time it was the skilled coroner and Hathaway's strange cousin.
It was only when they appeared together at the same time that Jenkins realized that they both had an almost identical aura. Even if he only met a stranger once, he couldn't bring up any bad feelings.
"This is really interesting. Could it be that Hathaway's cousin and the coroner are also relatives?"
When he woke up with this doubt, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. I was a little hungry, and I was wearing a thick khaki cotton coat.
The store was quiet, Jenkins could only hear the click of his pocket watch and the clock on the wall. He stood up and stretched, making the two ladies who passed by the window laugh at each other. Looking around, I found that my father was not in the store.
"Meow~"
Chocolate lazily called out, indicating that it was still there.
Under the little paws of chocolate, Jenkins found the message left by his father, that a batch of ill-gotten goods came from the direction of the port. Although the port area was closed due to freezing, there was always a way to do things like smuggling.
He asked Jenkins to watch the store and wait until he got back before leaving.
"So, were you looking at the store all afternoon?"
He patted the chocolate squatting obediently beside him.
"Meow~"
"Okay, no matter what fruit you take out today, it belongs to you!"
When I opened the door and wanted to go out to find some food, I realized that snowflakes were falling from the sky. The swirling snow is not dense, but it is enough to cover the ground. By the time Jenkins returned to the store with a paper bag of bread, the roof and the street were completely white.
He took off his gloves, scarf and cotton hat and threw them on the counter, and went to the fireplace with the chocolate to warm up. Deep winter has finally arrived, and it will be the last difficult day of the year.
He didn't make any business all afternoon, but there was a shivering woman begging outside the door. Jenkins found a piece of scrap iron and bent it into the shape of a dustpan, and gave her the remaining bread and some charcoal .
The freezing of the river means that most of the workers in the dock area have lost their source of income. If the family does not stockpile food in advance like the animals who have wintered, then what awaits them will be a catastrophe.
The woman couldn't stop thanking him after taking those things. She wanted to grab Jenkins' hand, but she was worried that it would stain the man's hands. Looking at her figure leaving along the low wall on the street, Jenkins felt inexplicable sadness.
Dad happily returned to the antique shop at 6:30, it was already dark at that time, he probably reached a satisfactory deal. He insisted that Jenkins be sent back to the church, and the two of them marched out into the snowy night, each holding a black umbrella.
The wind was cold and there was a damp smell in the air. The wind and snow were a bit heavy, so the two of them didn't talk when they were on their way.
There was no kerosene lamp light at the intersection where carriages were often parked nearby, and they could only continue along Fifth Queen's Road. Chocolate had already crawled back into Jenkins' arms because of the cold, and he was probably a little hungry too.
They passed 431 soon, and Jenkins looked up. It had been blocked again because of the woman who made a living from love combs.
"I heard some news today."
Probably because he felt bored, Dad took the initiative to raise a topic. He had to increase his voice to prevent the wind and snow from hindering their conversation.
"Remember those gifters from the Church of Creation and Mechanics? They helped the church check the B-08-02-8214 machine that was found last night, and they made an amazing discovery—this special item recently consumed a lot of its own It has temporarily lost the ability to transfer space.”
"Oh, is that so?"
This has nothing to do with Jenkins for sure, just tested some crap when he and Miss Audrey used it.
"The church believes that if the power of this item can be continuously consumed, it will be possible to seal it permanently. However, the specific situation is still under discussion, and the secret keepers may have to work hard for a while."
From a distance, I saw lights at the intersection with Michelle Wharf Street in front of me, and two men holding umbrellas walked forward quickly, and it turned out to be a carriage.
The coachman did not hide in the carriage, but sat tremblingly in the shelter and waited. The fluff on the brim of his cotton hat was covered with frost, and there were snowflakes on his shoulders. Seeing the two people approaching, the coachman quickly stood up and bowed to the two, and then asked to open the door of the carriage for them.
"To the Church of the Sages."
"Yes, gentlemen."
Although dangerous items such as carbon stoves cannot be used in the wooden compartment, at least the compartment isolated from the wind and snow is more comfortable than the outside. Chocolate still didn't want to get out of the coat. Jenkins was worried that there would be no air in it and he would suffocate it. He didn't even dare to fasten all the buttons of the coat.
After getting in the car and chatting with the driver, Jenkins wondered why he didn't hide in the car and wait for the guests.
The coachman replied:
"I hide in the carriage, and the guests who want to use the carriage cannot see the driver, and will mistakenly think that the carriage is not available now. And I sit outside, they must know that I am waiting for the guests."
Jenkins also wanted to ask why the lights weren't hung outside as a reminder that the wagon was working. But after thinking about it, doing so may still lead to misunderstandings by passengers looking for a carriage. The driver probably doesn't want to miss any business because of his laziness.
Street lights have also been erected on the Fifth Queen's Road, but on such a snowy night, the already dim lights look even dimmer. Little is better than nothing, after all, this is the only light on the earth after the moon is covered.
Dad and Jenkins chatted casually with the driver on the road, and the driver also agreed with the city's installation of street lights. For people like him who also work at night, light means safety, at least safer than complete darkness.
"Of course, the most important thing is that I don't need to pay even a single coin for these gas street lamps~ Praise the Church of the Sages! May the light of knowledge shine on the earth!"
He is obviously not a believer in the sage, but at least on the matter of street lamps, he sincerely thanked the church that paid a large sum of gold pounds. Of course, the admiration behind may be to compliment the two passengers in the carriage. Going to the church on such a night must be related people in the church.