Chapter 18: Down Whitechapel Way

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌⁠Contention begets contention in a land of the pirate races. Gigs were at high rival speed along the road from the battle-field to London. They were the electrical wires of the time for an expectant population bursting to have report of so thundering an event as the encounter of two champion light weights, nursed and backed by a pair of gallant young noblemen, pick of the whole row of coronets abov