King Coal Book 2 - The Serfs of King Coal; Sections 21-23

In which a young man of genteel upbringing finds himself detained in a miners’ camp, engaging in a curious battle of wits and manners with the camp-marshal, who sees in him both an intruder and a troublesome agitator. Through their exchange, the young man confronts the stark realities beneath the camp’s surface and wrestles with the harsh truths that shape his own identity amid the coal-fields’ grim order.