"All of 'em. But human girls most. And the guys who get in it."
It's more than she likes to say, but it's something she can tell Nancy.
"We keep tabs on their bosses, too. Ones workin' for themselves? We take a small cut. Ten quid a month." Which wasn't a lot, no. More than reasonable fee for a self-employed girl. But it added up with enough girls under their protection. "Ones who work for someone else? We take it up with the boss. They don' wanna pay?"
She shrugs and shakes her head.
"We still look after the girls. Bastards don' get t' decide that. But the girls don' pay us."
They just found other ways to get paid. Not through any harm to the girls, no. God no. A lot of them ended up working either for themselves or for Percy. Which... those girls? Well taken care of. She knew a lot of them. Hung out with them when they weren't working.
"'Us.' I keep talkin' like I'm part of it. I just know 'bout it. More'n I'm supposed to. Always supposed t' be the 'good' one. Artsy, school kinda girl."
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It's more than she likes to say, but it's something she can tell Nancy.
"We keep tabs on their bosses, too. Ones workin' for themselves? We take a small cut. Ten quid a month." Which wasn't a lot, no. More than reasonable fee for a self-employed girl. But it added up with enough girls under their protection. "Ones who work for someone else? We take it up with the boss. They don' wanna pay?"
She shrugs and shakes her head.
"We still look after the girls. Bastards don' get t' decide that. But the girls don' pay us."
They just found other ways to get paid. Not through any harm to the girls, no. God no. A lot of them ended up working either for themselves or for Percy. Which... those girls? Well taken care of. She knew a lot of them. Hung out with them when they weren't working.
"'Us.' I keep talkin' like I'm part of it. I just know 'bout it. More'n I'm supposed to. Always supposed t' be the 'good' one. Artsy, school kinda girl."