The Street Rat and the Lord

Chapter 2

As Lightly walked through one of London's upper class neighbourhoods he noticed a manor that had peelers coming and going like ants when you stepped on their hill. He scurried away lest he be caught by the peelers as he was well known in legal circles. Briefly curious as to what had happened he waited for about 10 minutes before dismissing his curiosity and continued looking for a place to eat. Lord Evenworth had seen Lightly strolling by his house just then but figured he was a post boy. Slightly uneasy he went down to dinner. His wife had noticed his uneasiness and had asked him if anything was the matter. He responded curtly, "I just saw a boy who bore a striking resemblance to our late butler. It unnerved me greatly as when I hired Mr. Jones he had said he had lost his son and wanted a job so he could try to forget about it.". The wife finding this peculiar decided to look in on it the next day, she had contacts in lower places who were sure to recognize the butlers portrait, and quite possibly his resemblance to the boy.

Dinner that night was uneventful and the family was still nervous as to why their butler was murdered, as a result the meal was very tense and had precious little conversation.

The next morning the family awoke to find some of their silverware missing. So odd after having their butler murdered just 2 weeks ago... Deciding they were in desperate need of some R&R from the events of late. They took their leave and went to their country vacation cottage.

Lady Evenworth stayed behind to attempt to sort out the butler incident. She posted a letter to John Thatcher, a well known street thug, who owed her greatly for saving his life.