The Peers (draft 1) - Ch 1 by Marian-ette, literature
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The Peers (draft 1) - Ch 1
"How are you this morning, Mr. Borrows?" "None of your business. Now eat your breakfast so I can eat mine." It was as typical a conversation as ever there was between the Hansom cab driver and nine-year-old Lark Midgley. Frank Borrows, all bark and no bite at seven feet, was doing his best to keep the meal a quiet one. Lark, on the other hand, was doing her best to do exactly the opposite. She adored Mr. Borrows as one might adore a grouchy old dog, and was certain that all the man needed was a mother figure to look after hima task she had taken on herself since the day he'd come to live with her and her parents three month...