Street urchin Paddy hires Phryne to find his missing brother Ned, a member of a street gang.
Tropes:
- Big Eater: Paddy is shown to have a hefty appetite. It’s justified because he wouldn’t be getting consistent meals on the streets.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Dr. Harcourt. He used the boys as guinea pigs to further his donor skin graft research, but the second died because he bought his next meal with the money for his prescription and the first Harcourt had to silence.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: Archie Woods, the disfigured ex-soldier who responds to stress by swinging around a bayonet.
- Street Urchin: Paddy and his brother, Ned, have been on the streets since their mother died.
