Chapter 29
As evening light faded over Bermondsey, and workers filled the public houses on their way home, Finn and Mickey returned to Ryder's, their pockets weighed down with coin. Satisfied they completed their round, but exhausted and ready to be done with it, Finn pounded on the old tenement door expecting Charley to open it. Instead, it spilled open to a room filled with other men who, just like them, appeared to be reporting back with their day's collections.
Finn and Mickey fell into line behind another chap. However, they only lingered a moment before Ryder saw them.
"Finn, my boy, come forth. Come forth," he beckoned. The men before him cleared a path, turning to see who had drawn Ryder's interest.
Ryder threw his arm around Finn's shoulder and led him back to his desk. "How d
