"Are you an American?" she asked.
"No, I'm English, and I'm proud to own it."
"Was Jed born in England?"
Jane Gilman hesitated, but finally answered in the affirmative.
"In what English town or village was he born?"
"Oh, lor, you wouldn't know any better if I should tell you. My brother came over here with Jed when he was a baby, to better his fortunes. He went out to Iowa, leaving the baby with me. But I found I couldn't get a place with a baby on my hands, and so I took it to the Scranton poorhouse."
"And where have you been since?"
"I went to Philadelphia and got a position there. Since then I've been in a many places."
"I wonder you didn't write to me for some news of the baby."