Elijah frowned at him in surprise and shook his head. "I am asking for your help, Ben. Not your money. I have some I can spare for this. I don't know how long it would last, but I want to try. I am certain someone in this town might not mind having a child, there has to be some childless couple somewhere. Until then it can not be that much to ask a mother to feed him alongside their own child. I am hopeful anyway.' He wanted to rub his hands together as the worry built up but they were busy holding the sleeping child.