Poppy is a doxie from a seedy brothel on The Holy Ground behind St. Paul's Chapel. The Stalwarts met her one night, as a young soldier accosted her and when she refused him, "not liking the look", she said, he began to savagely beat her, kicking her on the ground. It was then the Stalwarts arrived and they taught the young soldier a lesson he is not likely to forget any time soon. Once that soldier was sent packing with a final kick in the seat of his trousers, Poppy raised her skirts, seeking to repay, but the Stalwarts were kind to her instead, gave her a morsel of bread and escorted her back to the brothel. Treated like a lady when so far fallen, Poppy is friendly to her benefactors and hears things in the pursuit of her living that might be useful for them to also hear.
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