Morning broke to the sound of a raid. When the full force of the Metropolitan Police Service surged into The Winter Freak Show camp, all except Nicko were unprepared. The majority of the children had forgotten the shenanigans of the night before, having performed and slept since then. The hunting party had returned empty handed and Nicko offered no explanation as to why he had sent them after Toby in the first place.
Nicko was waiting with a small bag of possessions already packed, along with his violin and his hat, when they came to take him away. Toby was with them. He felt terrible when he saw the lost look on the children’s faces. They watched helplessly as their protector was arrested in front of them. Toby comforted himself with the thought that they could all have fallen victim to
