King Coal Book 3 - The Henchmen of King Coal; Sections 13-14

In which Hal Warner confronts the son of a powerful coal magnate during a tense social gathering, attempting to compel him to take immediate action to save trapped miners, only to meet with hesitation, denial, and the cold indifference of high society. The chapter unfolds through Hal’s keen observations of the guests, revealing their polite reluctance and the heavy weight of unspoken power, as he struggles to awaken their conscience to the grave human cost hidden beneath their comfortable lives.