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By Thistle By Thimble

The Baker’s True Home

Angus Burnhope is a baker to the Parliament. He bakes pies and tarts for those important gentlemen who help make the laws of the country. Angus enjoys his work well enough, but he feels lost and alone in the city. But when he is invited up into the chambers of the Lord Chancellor of the Parliament, his simple life takes a surprising turn!
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