# Opening Hook Audit - Chapter 11

CRITERION 1: PULLS - first 50 words quoted: `The repaired corner was better than it had any right to be. June ran her thumb up the back of the miter, where the break had been routed out, splined, and re-glued, and found no step and no give. Whoever had toned the regilding had matched the worn` - reasoning: the opening starts with June in expert action, establishes a material standard, and raises the practical question of why she is inspecting repaired frames.

CRITERION 2: CLEAN - strongest atmospheric candidate quoted: `the transom laid a clean stripe along the new glass`; it survives because the light is a tool for June's inspection, not a camera-pan opening. Character action precedes setting.

CRITERION 3: N/A - not chapter 1 or a part-opening.

Chapter verdict: `HOOKED`.

REVISION ORDERS: None.
