Poe stifled a chuckle, leading his sister back into the manor.
The mayor was forced to, quite reluctantly, keep his word. The bones had been placed in a wooden coffin-like box, and thankfully for everyone involved not a single one was broken or defaced. No doubt the idea had been tempting, but fear of retaliation from the twins or ghosts had stopped anything from happening. And as always, Scrooge was right on the money when it came to money - the mayor's family had plenty to hide when it came to illegal fixes, from shortchanging the town to embezzlement to just plain old greed instead of improving the town itself.
The biggest surprise of all was who owned the land. The mayor's family did have a legitimate claim... but only to half of it.
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The mayor was forced to, quite reluctantly, keep his word. The bones had been placed in a wooden coffin-like box, and thankfully for everyone involved not a single one was broken or defaced. No doubt the idea had been tempting, but fear of retaliation from the twins or ghosts had stopped anything from happening. And as always, Scrooge was right on the money when it came to money - the mayor's family had plenty to hide when it came to illegal fixes, from shortchanging the town to embezzlement to just plain old greed instead of improving the town itself.
The biggest surprise of all was who owned the land. The mayor's family did have a legitimate claim... but only to half of it.