The train is delayed and Lazarus Colswain, on his way back to Ampney Crucis, is waiting at the station, his copy of Dante’s Inferno open on his knee. He is not, at this moment, concentrating on reading, but instead idly watches the crowds of intending passengers swirling in front of the procrastinating departure boards. He notices in particular the interaction between two elderly ladies, who are vying for the attention of a much younger man who attempts to ignore them. Eventually the train is scheduled to depart from Platform Four. Lazarus looks down at the open page and reads: Ahi giustizia di Dio! tante chi stipa nove travaglie e pene quant’ io viddi? e perché nostra colpa sì ne scipa?
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