The Betrayal
“Poor Sonny, if he’d been discovered and had come up against the rough side of her temper this early in the morning!
Pushing open the kitchen door, however, I was astonished to see Sonny sitting at the table. He was wrapped in a blanket and tucking into a bowl of rabbit stew and dumplings left from the previous evening, while Mistress Midge stood by the fire, a ladle at the ready to replenish his bowl.
‘Who’s this, then?’ I asked, raising my eyebrows at Sonny to communicate that he shouldn’t spe...ak out of turn.
‘This is Sonny,’ she said. ‘I found him near froze to death on the back doorstep!’ ‘On the doorstep?’ I asked, startled.
‘Almost gone, he was.’ Sonny looked up pathetically between mouthfuls of stew. ‘I owe this fine lady my life, ’deed I do,’ he croaked.
‘But where does he come from?’ ‘From London. He was hired for a big funeral in Barnes and the cart went back without him! Imagine that.’ ‘Hmmm …’ I murmured.
‘So I said he could hitch a lift back to London tomorrow on our wherry.MoreLess
Pushing open the kitchen door, however, I was astonished to see Sonny sitting at the table. He was wrapped in a blanket and tucking into a bowl of rabbit stew and dumplings left from the previous evening, while Mistress Midge stood by the fire, a ladle at the ready to replenish his bowl.
‘Who’s this, then?’ I asked, raising my eyebrows at Sonny to communicate that he shouldn’t spe...ak out of turn.
‘This is Sonny,’ she said. ‘I found him near froze to death on the back doorstep!’ ‘On the doorstep?’ I asked, startled.
‘Almost gone, he was.’ Sonny looked up pathetically between mouthfuls of stew. ‘I owe this fine lady my life, ’deed I do,’ he croaked.
‘But where does he come from?’ ‘From London. He was hired for a big funeral in Barnes and the cart went back without him! Imagine that.’ ‘Hmmm …’ I murmured.
‘So I said he could hitch a lift back to London tomorrow on our wherry.MoreLess
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