Chapter 8Dreaming about breaking away from Lassner was one thing — doing it, quite another. Pinnatte was an experienced and skilful thief and he knew more ‘useful’ people in his trade than Lassner would have guessed. Further, over the years he had done an unusual thing for a thief — he had accumulated some money. It was carefully hidden in discreet niches about the city, and while it was not a great deal, it would at least buy him board and lodge for a week or so, if need arose. He had managed to achieve this by not declaring all his ‘earnings’ to Lassner — a matter requiring very careful judgement and a stern control over his natural greed, for the Den Master had an uncanny knack of knowing when he was being given purses that had already been lightened, and he was brutal to anyone he caug
