6
‘Shut up and eat your pie.’
‘But I’m freezing!’
Toby ignored his sister and counted the handful of coins that remained after leaving the bakery. He smiled. A year ago, he had been in a much worse position, stranded in a bustling city with no money, thin workhouse clothes, and no food. By comparison, he and Violet had spent the morning living like royalty.
And yet, killing time in the metropolis during winter was expensive. To keep Violet’s lungs from being savaged by the cold, he had limited their movements to tea shops and warm stores. Their main problem was that they’d had to leave so early. The Winter Freak Show would probably be on the move. That meant Nicko, Stella, and the others wouldn’t be at Hampstead Heath until early afternoon.
‘Argh, great! And now it’s snowing,’ Violet
