tally-slips

Updated: May 3, 2025

He had barely time, in the reeling shadows, to fall on the earthen floor, and crawl under a thin curtain of reeds to a new refuge. Into this a cubby-hole where the compradore kept his tally-slips, umbrella, odds and ends the torchlight shone faintly through the reeds.

Henry Milner Rideout - Dragon's blood