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Charles Augustus Milverton: Nature Abhors a Vacuum
Title: Charles Augustus Milverton: Nature Abhors a Vacuum
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Someone must take his place.
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The word spread fast in the underground, and the time was set.
The day of Milverton’s funeral a cluster of men gathered in a vile Limehouse dogfighting pit.
“You know the rules, you bastards,” growled Sanderson the grave-robber.
“Aye,” said Jack Dickerson, the bull-buggering priest-killer.
Baby-Eating O’Brian grinned. “Last one living…”
“…Is the new Worst Man in London. Now fight!”
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Someone must take his place.
***
The word spread fast in the underground, and the time was set.
The day of Milverton’s funeral a cluster of men gathered in a vile Limehouse dogfighting pit.
“You know the rules, you bastards,” growled Sanderson the grave-robber.
“Aye,” said Jack Dickerson, the bull-buggering priest-killer.
Baby-Eating O’Brian grinned. “Last one living…”
“…Is the new Worst Man in London. Now fight!”