C168 Ryland
"Master Higgins, you flatter me. I, Finley, am but a newcomer and hardly worthy of mention, especially in your esteemed presence," Finley said with a modest smile, hands clasped in a gesture of respect.
As the successor to the Hardy family, his status and position far exceeded those of upstarts like Ellery and Sam Higgins, who clawed their way up from humble beginnings. Yet