In the Days of the Comet Book First Chapter Third Section 3

In which a solitary afternoon of precise marksmanship gives way to the simmering tensions of a miners’ strike beneath the ominous glare of a great green-white comet, whose presence seems to press upon the very soul of the gathering crowd. As an altercation ignites by the colliery gates, charged with passion and uncertainty, the narrator finds himself drawn into the tumult, torn between the stirring drama of human conflict and the majestic, indifferent spectacle above.