Abaft The Funnel Chapter 13 - Tiglath Pileser

In which a group of men in a sweltering station share grim tales of fever and madness, weaving stories of narrow escapes from death and the peculiar behaviours induced by the intense heat. The narrative drifts from humorous anecdotes to tense domestic scenes, revealing the strained camaraderie and weariness that pervade life in such a forbidding climate.