The Plato Papers: A Novel by Peter Ackroyd

Author:Peter Ackroyd [Ackroyd, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780385497695
Amazon: 0385497695
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2001-03-20T05:00:00+00:00

24

Sidonia: Have I interrupted your recital, Plato?

Plato: No. Not at all. I have ended with a flourish.

Sidonia: I wanted you to be the first to hear the wonderful news.

Plato: Oh? What is it?

Sidonia: A great pole has been found at the corner of Lime Street and Leadenhall. It came out of the earth so quietly and quickly that it might not have been buried at all.

Plato: If it was found at the corner of Leadenhall, then it must be the great maypole that stood on the site for many hundreds of years. It was the centre of our city’s festivity and celebration.

Sidonia: And there are words upon it, partly defaced but still visible. I noted them down.

Plato: What is this? ‘Ove Arup and Partners. For the Lloyd’s Building.’

Sidonia: I admit that I was puzzled. That is why I came to you.

Plato: If it is in the same location, then it must be the maypole. Everything in our city’s history tells us that the first and original shape never dies.

Sidonia: So?

Plato: The Lloyd’s Building must have been the name given to the maypole. Ove and Arup and Partners were the deities guarding it.

Sidonia: Can that be true?

Plato: There can be no doubt.

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