Small fine line tattoo of an open book in black and grey on the side of an ankle, against a red fabric background.

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Open book tattoo on the ankle

Fine line · Ankle · Black and grey · Photo

A small open book is drawn in grey outline on the side of a bare foot and ankle. The linework is thin and even, with light grey shading on the pages and spine. The plain black and grey tone stands out against the red fabric behind the foot.

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Dear Tom, the library cart came up the row on Thursday and I've kept the Dickens back for you, because Mrs Pryce says the new Mr Hardy is too grim for the lamp room. You'll laugh, but I read the first chapter aloud to the boys at the pit gate while they waited for the cage, and Dai Morgan wept at the bit about the coach.

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Your father says I'm filling their heads with nonsense while the seam is failing. He's not wrong about the seam. Two weeks ago the roof came down on the east level and they carried Huw out on a door, and since then the men read nothing but the shift board. So I went up to the Institute with the ledger and asked Mr Price to let me keep the reading room open after shift. He said yes before I'd finished asking, which surprised me more than anything.

On Sunday eleven children came, and I sat them in a ring on the flagged floor and let each one take a page. Little Eirlys read so slowly the candle burned down an inch while she managed one sentence about a fox. Nobody hurried her. When she reached the full stop she looked up as if she'd carried a full bucket across the yard without spilling a drop.

I've started keeping the book open on the table between us, pages fanned, the way you left yours the morning you went down. Come home soon and read me the sea chapter again. The spine is holding, and so am I. Your Ffion.

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