![]() Dodger learns a bit of Simplicity's story. He meets the characters, Charles Dickens and Henry Mayhew, who have witnessed the attack and arrange for the girl to stay at the Mayhew home until she can recover. Dodger rescues the woman and fights off her attackers. ![]() Dodger doesn't realize he has begun a journey to a different life when he emerges from the sewers one stormy night to save a woman trying to escape a carriage from two men. ![]() He believes in the Lady of the Sewers, the deity of the sewer system, and looks forward to the day when she will see fit to grant him a tosheroon, a compact bundle of treasure in the sewers with enough value to set a tosher for life. For this reason, he is hired to work as a spy for the English government.ĭodger is a tosher, one who scavenges the sewers for lost money and valuables, in the city of London. Dodger uses his street smarts not only to keep Simplicity from having to go back to her abusive husband but also catches the eye of both the London police and other government officials with his unusual talents. The girl, who turns out to be a princess, falls in love with Dodger, as he does with her. The soft-hearted Dodger sets into motion for himself a whirlwind of upward mobility when he rescues a girl whom he sees trying to get away from two men one rainy night in London. The novel "Dodger" by Terry Pratchett is a traditional rags to riches story. ![]()
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