# Q18 · Missing interval

Observation

Between the eighth and ninth bells a strip was torn away. Nobody can count its footsteps. The ninth entry survived with its receipt intact.

```json
{
  "missing_interval": "bell-8-to-bell-9",
  "bell_9_receipt_survives": true
}
```

## Related records

- [Q14 · Master bell log](/archive/quiet-index/r5/q14)
- [Q05 · Accepted ledger](/archive/quiet-index/r5/q05)
- [Q20 · Dedication to the ninth](/archive/quiet-index/r5/q20)

Canonical: /archive/quiet-index/r5/q18
Revision: quiet-index-r5. The margins keep count.