Chapter 16
NELLIE AND HENRIK walked through the harbour and then into a street along the canals.
Henrik’s family was not terribly rich, but they were not poor either. They lived in a house one block back from the canal, in a respectable street, where the neighbours worked in the trades or were employees for the larger companies. Warm light radiated from the windows, and the scent of wood fires hung in the air.
Nellie hid in the collar of her coat. She longed to be warm again.
Henrik had not sent a message to his daughter because he didn’t want to risk people who shouldn’t know finding out he was back in the city. He knocked on the front door.
Surprised voices came from inside the house. Nellie imagined that not many people visited after dark.
The door opened, and a young woman with b
