BENJAMIN
The article is ready
I'll bring it next door
Just to make sure
Everything is set

ROSE
From the bottom of my heart
Thank you, Benjamin
You're a good friend

NARRATOR
Rose was left alone
The Sun was hollow
Saving its rays for later days
No one at a desk
Nothing to report
The calm before the storm
Comes in many forms

JOHN
Where is Chester Thomas?
I wish to see him immediately

ROSE
Uh, sir, we're closed
JOHN
Where is Chester Thomas?

ROSE
He isn't in, but if this regards
A certain series of Discoveries
I can tell you what he’s gonna say
Same as everyone else: wait another day
Herschel’s latest journal entry
Will be published tomorrow for all the world to see

JOHN
Impossible, no such journal exists

ROSE
And how do you know that?

JOHN
Because I never had such a journal

ROSE
You never had such a jour-

JOHN
My name is John Herschel, and I demand to know what's going on here!