# Chapter 23 Opening Hook Audit - Current Text

CRITERION 1: `PULLS` — first 50 words: `"The chairs were down off the rack and counted twice by half three. Nobody counts folding chairs twice for a room that seats eighteen unless he's counting them to keep from standing in the middle of the floor rehearsing four o'clock. Theo stacked them four to a column against the heat pipes"` — reasoning: starts with character action and a behavioral tell; raises the question of what happens at four o'clock and lands Theo's over-competent restraint.

CRITERION 2: `CLEAN` — strongest atmospheric candidate: `"against the heat pipes"` in the first paragraph. It is character-bound staging of chair setup, not skyline/weather/architecture panning.

CRITERION 3: not applicable — Chapter 23 is not chapter 1 or a part opening.

Chapter verdict: `HOOKED`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
