Master of Pleasure (2014)
“Tightening her hold on Jacob’s hand, Leona bustled them down the narrow, cobblestone street doing her best to keep her flapping bonnet in place against the wind tunneling through the buildings. She only paused on occasion to make note of rusting iron gates, cracked windows, chipped stairs and unpainted houses. Everywhere.
Jerking to a halt, she glanced down at the calling card Jacob held and squinted down at it. “Are you certain we’re supposed to be on this street? Let me see that.”
Jac...ob angled it toward her and tilting his head, also squinted at it. “It reads…P-R-I-N-C-E and S-T-R-E-E-T. That spells Prince Street together. Does it not?”
“It certainly does.” She glanced around. There weren’t even trees. The neighborhood looked like a row of workhouses rammed in together.
An older gentleman with a frayed morning suit strode past, coughing up a gargling, crackling wad of phlegm.MoreLess
Jerking to a halt, she glanced down at the calling card Jacob held and squinted down at it. “Are you certain we’re supposed to be on this street? Let me see that.”
Jac...ob angled it toward her and tilting his head, also squinted at it. “It reads…P-R-I-N-C-E and S-T-R-E-E-T. That spells Prince Street together. Does it not?”
“It certainly does.” She glanced around. There weren’t even trees. The neighborhood looked like a row of workhouses rammed in together.
An older gentleman with a frayed morning suit strode past, coughing up a gargling, crackling wad of phlegm.MoreLess
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