The Little People

The Little People
Book	A Little Hatred
POV	Many
Location	Valbeck The Union
Chronology
Preceded by	Welcome to the Future
Followed by	Something of Ours

“	He had always thought of civilisation as a machine, cast from rigid iron, everything riveted in its proper place. Now he saw it was a fabric gauzy as a bride’s veil. A tissue everyone agrees to leave in place, but one that can be ripped away in an instant. And hell lurks just beneath.	”
	— Alinghan

The Little People is the thirtieth chapter of A Little Hatred.

Chapter Summary

Lisbit¹ waits in Savine's carriage oblivious to the insurrection within the manufactory. As she practices her mannerisms, determined to permanently replace Zuri, she is aghast to see some bald vagrant-woman shuffling towards the carriage; Savine. Suddenly the vagrant veers away, as Breakers barge into the carriage looking for the Arch Lector’s daughter. They drag Lisbit out shrieking, and begin to beat her, until one of the leaders takes charge. The face-maid is added to a line of chained prisoners, being taken to the courthouse. Among the prisoners is Mistress Sirisk, one of Savine’s dinner-guests the previous night. This is a city-wide insurrection, marked by beatings, robbery, arson, rape, and murder. Savine shambles along following the chain-gang, not knowing where to go to find safety. She reaches the city square, where things are even more hellish. One prisoner has been tied to a stake on an unlit-pyre, while others are forced to dance around naked, amid the firelight from the burning banking house of Valint and Balk.

Characters

Introduced	Appeared	Mentioned
Sparks	Savine dan Glokta	Sand dan Glokta
Alinghan	Lisbit	Glustrod
	Condine dan Sirisk	Zuri
		Judge

Locations and Terms

Valbeck

The Union

Breakers

Burners

Valint and Balk

References

1. Poor Lisbit is never heard from again.

Chapters
A Little Hatred Part 1	▪ 1. Blessings and Curses ▪ 2. Where the Fight's Hottest ▪ 3. Guilt Is a Luxury ▪ 4. Keeping Score ▪ 5. A Little Public Hanging ▪ 6. The Breakers ▪ 7. The Answer to Your Tears ▪ 8. Young Heroes ▪ 9. The Moment ▪ 10. Break What They Love ▪ 11. It Was Bad ▪ 12. A Sea of Business ▪ 13. Fencing with Father ▪ 14. Fencing with Father II ▪ 15. Promises ▪ 16. A Blow for the Common Man ▪ 17. Knowing the Arrow ▪ 18. Biding Time, Wasting Time ▪ 19. The Bigger They Are ▪ 20. Questions ALH ▪ 21. The Machinery of State ▪ 22. Sore Spots
A Little Hatred Part 2	▪ 23. Full of Sad Stories ▪ 24. Surprises ▪ 25. The Lion and the Wolf ▪ 26. No Unnecessary Sentiment ▪ 27. Friends Like These ▪ 28. Sinking Ships ▪ 29. Welcome to the Future ▪ 30. The Little People ▪ 31. Something of Ours ▪ 32. The Man of Action ▪ 33. Ugly Business ▪ 34. In the Mirror ▪ 35. A Deal ▪ 36. The New Monument ▪ 37. All Equal ▪ 38. Young Men's Folly ▪ 39. The Party's Over ▪ 40. Eating Peas with a Sword ▪ 41. The Battle of Red Hill ▪ 42. Settle This Like Men
A Little Hatred Part 3	▪ 43. Demands ▪ 44. Taking the Reins ▪ 45. A Fool's Weapon ▪ 46. Hopes and Hatreds ▪ 47. Where Names Are Made ▪ 48. The Poor Pay the Price ▪ 49. The New Woman ▪ 50. Lost Causes ▪ 51. The New Man ALH ▪ 52. Two of a Kind ▪ 53. Empty Chests ▪ 54. Like Rain ▪ 55. Drinks with Mother ▪ 56. Drinks with Mother II ▪ 57. Questions ALH2 ▪ 58. Civilisation ▪ 59. A Natural ▪ 60. Good Times ▪ 61. A Bit About Courage ▪ 62. Substitutes ▪ 63. No Expense Spared ▪ 64. My Kind of Bastard ▪ 65. Long Live the King