Steven was remarkably proud of the coins and placed them in the same pouch with his precious herbs where they jingled merrily when he walked. Late the...second day, as they were cleaning up the remains of the work they had to do, a man dressed in fine clothes came up to the tinker.“The master asks you and your assistant to join him at the manor for the evening meal,” said the man.“Ah,” said the tinker. “And what might the master want with a poor tinker?” This was said with a slight lilt and. He has his little way of talking, being careful not to reveal how he feels about something. But I knew. Even if he was a little shocked, I knew he loved it. And I knew I was grinning from ear to ear.I was ready to ask "What do you think?" I was going to lean over and make him kiss me. I looked down. I realized he'd done it. One of the slips of paper was in my hand--I'd taken it without even thinking, much less considering the consequences.I looked back at him. He was giving me a considering. I went in and casually looked around for her. I found her in the living room, standing by the fire place, talking to a tall fellow that I had never seen before. She was wearing a short pink dress and matching high heels; she looked beautiful. She had makeup on, which made her look older and attractive in a different way. She was holding a drink, in a tall glass, on her right hand and the guy was drinking beer from a can. She noticed me, smiled and nodded her "hi", then turn her attention back. Eugenie, Tinkerbelle and Andy raced through the woods towards London's Metropolitan Border until their path was blocked by the electrified fence that ran alongside the M25 orbital.For the next few weeks Eugenie and her friends followed the fence westwards as it circled North London. There was little to eat and the only places where they could shelter were in the overgrown woods and fields that now belonged to no one. They had to make the occasional diversion around obstacles to their path such.
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