"I don't want to go to an orphanage, I'm not an orphan!" she insisted, suddenly scared. "I don't want to end up like Oliver!" she insisted, remembering the harrowing tale Oliver Twist went through all throughout London. "There are all sorts of people who... who make children work."

She bit her lip. "Can't I... I will live alone if it means not... not going to an orphanage or... or a work house."