"I don't know. Sometimes she gets money in a letter. I think it comes from her son."
"Then she has a son?"
"Yes."
"Where does he live?"
"I saw one of his letters once. It said Fall River on the wrapper. I think he works in a factory."
"Fall River is a city in Massachusetts. I have never been there, but I hear that they have factories there."
"So you can read writing?" asked Mark after a pause.
"Yes, a little."
"And I suppose you can read books and papers?"
"A little. I went to a primary school for a little while, and afterwards a lady used to hear my lessons. She lived in the same place with us."