CHAPTER FOURTEEN
I needed to do one final thing before I could leave to start my new life with Anna. I needed to confront Richard Basker. All of my father’s words of wisdom ran wildly through my head.
Immediately after I disembarked the train, I hailed a carriage. The various expenditures of the day had very nearly emptied my wallet, but I had just enough money to do what I needed to do before leaving. I told the driver that I needed him to take me into town and he was happy to do just that. It was fully dark when we arrived. I told the driver to stay there, and that I would return shortly with more money for him. I walked through the center of town until I found a dirty little boy who looked to be around twelve years of age.
“Would you like to earn a dollar?” I asked him. His eyes lit
