Chapter 20
The thief had gone only gone a couple of steps when Harriet’s brain caught up with what had happened, and she instinctively gave chase. The crowd of shoppers in the market slowed his escape and she was able to catch up before he’d gone far.
He was tall and broad, much bigger than her younger brother, so she decided her only chance was to take him out at the knees.
She dove, wrapping her arms around his legs, and he went down hard on the cobblestone street. He rolled over and she scrambled to straddle his thighs, making sure to hook the tops of her feet over his shins so he couldn’t buck her off. His neck was too thick to wrap her hand around, so she rested the heel of her hand just below his Adam’s apple as she reached between his legs with her other hand until she felt soft
