Chapter Fifty-Five
3:41 PM
Temperature: 76 degrees
Winds: 44 MPH
Pressure: 29.165 bars
Rain: 1.27 inches
Joseph was at the window watching the streets below when Alfred returned, dripping and chilled. Alfred tossed the logbook onto the table along with the pencil and fell onto a stool. Joseph handed him a hand towel from his personal sack.
“Well?”
“Winds at forty-four,” he reported, wiping his face dry. “Pressure at twenty-nine point one-six-five.”
Joseph stiffened. “One-six-five?”
Alfred nodded as he wiped at his hair. “Total rain was nearly an inch and three-tenths, but you’ll not be taking any more measurements—”
Joseph gripped the logbook and slid it wildly across the table. Alfred jerked at the motion.
“What are you doing?”
Joseph opened the logbook and skimmed the entrie
