Plain-bound sermon leaf, Rook Lane reading-room copy
Single leaf from a gray paper booklet, trimmed close at the outer edge. The cover is blank except for a small paper label: Rook Lane, Sunday table.
Running title, partly cut by the binder's knife:
For the Departed.
Printed passage near the top of the leaf:
The house that mourns must still keep its doors open. Comfort is not the same as forgetting; mercy is not silence.
The next page begins halfway through a sharper address:
You are not asked to remember the lane. You are asked to answer whether you heard the latch after the vestry bell.
Bottom edge:
Gathering mark B3 remains visible, but the page number has been shaved off. The paper is the same stock as the first memorial leaf, while the type is set tighter and darker.
Reading-room pencil at foot:
Middle sheet does not sound like the front matter. Check west vestry proof before display.