"They made you promise, an' I don't _want_ to know.

If I knew, he'd force it out o' me, an' then he 'd cut my heart out." She glanced over her shoulder, and Mr.Mortimer, interpreting the glance, nodded in the direction of the manhole.
"Meanin' his Reverence ?" he asked.
"His name's Glasson.

The Orph'nage belongs to him.

It's a serious thing for him to lose one o' the children, and he's like a madman about it ever since.

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