Lord Crumley stood in the center of the shop.
Master Crossland knelt beside him.
He was measuring the lord's leg from the knee to the foot.
"We have very nice silk from Italy," said the tailor.
"Edward, please show the golden silk to Lord Crumley."
Edward carried the silk over to Lord Crumley.
The nobleman hardly looked at it.
"Is that all?" he yawned in a bored voice.
"Ouch! Be careful!
You've pinched my leg!" he yelled at the tailor.
Then he kicked him.
Edward put down the silk and jumped on a nearby stool.
"How dare you treat my master like that!"
shouted Edward in his most dramatic voice.
"Have you no shame?
Have you no pity?"
"Ssh, Edward," said the tailor. "Get down."
"What are you doing?" whispered Vinnie to Edward.
Lord Crumley was angry and turned bright red.
He looked as if his head would explode.
"My lord, I'm so sorry," said the tailor.
"My apprentice didn't mean to upset you."
"This is your apprentice?" shouted Lord Crumley.
"Throw him out immediately!"
"But, my lord, he's just a boy," said the tailor.
"Toss him into the streets!" cried the angry man.
"That's fine!" shouted Edward. "I'll leave.
I won't spend my life measuring cloth for lords and ladies.
Come on, Vinnie!"
Edward grabbed Vinnie's arm and they both ran out of the shop.
At that same moment, Mandy and Lady Katherine were also leaving the house.
"Have you been to the Globe Theater, Mandy?" asked Lady Katherine.
"No, my lady," replied Mandy.
"William Shakespeare and his actors are performing a great play," said Lady Katherine.
"It is called Romeo and Juliet.
Would you like to go?"
"You are so kind to me, Lady Katherine," said Mandy.
Lady Katherine smiled at her.
"If you don't have a family, you may stay at my home," she said.
"You will be treated well."
"Thank you . . . but . . ." Mandy could not finish her answer.
She was thinking about Vinnie.
"Where is he?" she wondered.
Then Mandy and Lady Katherine got in the carriage.
Edward and Vinnie were running fast through the streets.
Edward ran down lanes and jumped over fences.
Vinnie had a hard time keeping up with him.
Finally, Edward stopped on the corner of a wide street.
"Vinnie, do you want to see something wonderful?" said Edward, out of breath.
"What do you mean?" asked Vinnie.
"England has more than just servants and lords," shouted the boy.
"We have the theater!"
"But isn't Master Crossland going to be angry?" asked Vinnie.
Edward wasn't listening.
"We're finally going to the Globe, Vinnie!" he said.
"Follow me!"