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Chapter 23: Good Christmas Cheer
"Sonjica here- " and Edward flapped his hand at the distracted man- "was just informing me that these birds are town bred. Well! I've put a penny on it, for they're country bred, through and through!"
"You've lost your money, then" replied the merchant, Mr Casbane, "for they're town bred."
"They are most certainly not!"
"Take it or leave it, Mister! They're town bred, and I have the ledger here to prove it."
Sonjica stared at the woman. The woman stared back at him. Her eyes were wide, and dark, and fretful. They flickered to Edward and back again.
"Edward- look, do you see her? Just there?"
"Not now, Sonjica, he's just fetching the ledger- the thief's name will be there, I'm sure of it- "
"Edward, do you see that woman? Look, look now- there!" And he spun his fellow profiler round, jerking him by the sleeve of his greatcoat. Together they scanned the crowd, but where before she had stood, there was now a group of y
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