Painted Pearls
"Might I have a look at that paper, Sir?"
He shook his head slowly, the beginnings of anger furrowing his brows. "That's six pence, love," and he, too, opened his palm, "Right here."
"Come now," said Liziwe sweetly and, after a moment's hesitation, clambered up onto the crate beside him. The paper man shuffled, clearly uncomfortable with their proximity. His eyes darted this way and that as she laid a hand gently on his arm, a sheen of sweat breaking out on his portly face. "What're…" he began, but quick as a whip her nimble fingers flashed, and down she jumped, her prize clutched in her cunning grasp. A few scraps remained in his upraised fist, and he looked from it to her wary face in bewi
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