Lucy s Portion
Lucy stood next to Jack in the doorway of the solicitors' office as the rain drizzled down. "What are you going to do, then, Jack?" she asked the redheaded footman. "Move back to Brighton," he said. "It's been dog's years since I've seen my mum and sis. And there's a girl there I've been writing to, she still hasn't thrown me over despite the, hem, extended courtship." "Will you go back into service?" Lucy asked him. "Nay, I've had my fill," Jack said. "Time to be my own man. I've spent as much...