Miss Georgina Adams hurried down the stairs, sighing when her shrieking siblings came tumbling down after her, all of them clamoring for attention. The knocking on the door was growing more insistent and though Georgina was expecting her older brother back home, it was not until the next afternoon. Opening the door, yelling for her […]

Abraham Thomson was a gambler. Though he was a well-respected man, he was also prone to a good wager and could often be found placing money on any number of things, but most likely to be found at a card game. Benjamin Lodge, the Earl of Sudbury, was a keen card player himself. He had […]