An original fiction passage set in the nineteenth century.
Martha arrived at the village reading room before it opened. She set the ledger on the desk and placed a brass key beside it. Then she unlocked the door and drew back the curtains. When the first reader appeared, she welcomed him inside.
Identify the object that Martha places beside the ledger.
456 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE English Language 1.3 Content: prose fiction study requirements, covering 1.3.1 Read challenging prose fiction for the unseen 19th-century extract. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.