Chapter 70
“The fire brigade says it was caused by a harmless electrical fault,” continued the first white shirt robotically, pointing at a paper in his hand. Harod felt a spontaneous objection to his use of the word “harmless.” “We’ve sent you letters,” the second man repeated, waving his pad. “The municipal boundaries are being redrawn.” “The land where your house stands will be developed for a number of new constructions.” “The land where your house stood,” corrected his partner. “The council is willing to purchase your land at the market price,” said the first man. “Well . . . a market price now that there’s no longer a house on the land,” clarified the other. Harod took the papers. Started reading. “You don’t have much of a choice,” said the first. “This is not so much your choice as th
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