This is a story I have been writing on and off for several years.

It is an adult story, unsuitable for under eighteens.

Most of the action takes place in Glasgow, centred on on Govanhill, Shawlands, Pollokshaws and Auldhouse with passing mentions of more upmarket locations such as Newlands and Pollokshields.

Towards its end, the story moves briefly to New York City and to Saratoga Springs in upstate New York County.

It begins in the mid-nineteenth century and moves steadily to its climax in 1925.

May I suggest you try a few chapters and hopefully by then you will be keen to keep reading.

It is entirely a work of fiction.

As with most of my recent pieces this story has been self-edited using “Read Aloud” in Word.

If you spot errors, please use your best judgement as to meaning and read on.

Thank you.

I keep a record of each version as I save it after a writing session. From this information, I estimate this story took around 500 hours of writing effort.