Chapter Forty-Three: Lions

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On his eventual receipt of Percy"s legacy, Charlie Reilly became a wealthy man. Thanks to his thriftiness the vast majority of Montague"s benevolence had not only remained intact, but accrued considerable interest through wise investments. He sold the Islington home within a week of receiving the deeds, preferring a quick safe sale to a protracted more profitable one, then moved to his Munich home on the banks of the River Isar, bordering the Englischer Garten. His wealth, however, did not only come from the money left to him. Amongst Percy"s belongings that he collected from the solicitor"s offices on Islington Green, was the sealed ledger of Montague"s prurient patrons that no one knew of. There was also the disturbing photograph that presented its own problem. The picture of Rachel brou

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