"I suppose we do," was the answer. "Father is here part of the time."
"And your mother?"
"I have none."
"Did she die in England?"
"Alas, I know not."
"Do you remember seeing her?"
Cora shook her head, and a shadow passed over her face.
"Has your father ever told you about her?" asked Goody Nurse.
"No, madame; I have not heard him speak her name."
Then Goody Nurse, with a curiosity that was natural, sought to question the child about her former life; but all she could gain was that her father had been a strolling player.