"No Mr Clarke, I am well over one and twenty, Mr Vandenberg is not my guardian or kinsman, simply and old family friend." Pearl's fingers dug into her cloak as she forced herself to keep calm and bite back a flow of sharp words.
Mr Vandenberg nodded, "Thank you, might I ask sir, how many are in your party? Any with you, aside from the Mr Boyd you spoke of, who've traveled this way before?"
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Mr Vandenberg nodded, "Thank you, might I ask sir, how many are in your party? Any with you, aside from the Mr Boyd you spoke of, who've traveled this way before?"