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Many years later, London is a great city. Tom Canty lives in a particularly dirty section near the London Bridge known as Offal Court. It houses some of the poorest residents.
Tom's family lived on the third floor in a one-room apartment. His father John is a thief. He has two 15 year old twin sisters who are good-natured and ignorant. His father and grandmother are alcoholics, foul-mouthed, and verbally and physically abusive. The grandmother is a beggar. The children are beggars but never became thieves due to the influence of Father Andrew, a former priest who was kicked out of his house by the king.
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