A fat lot of good he's done 'til now! Lottie thought silently at Anne's pleading that her father would provide. Lottie was certain that Anne's late mother, Hannah would never have let this happen.

"Yer family's been busy, Anne. Yer sister's should have seen to ye, but they were busy too. Someone has to take care of ye."

Bill and Joe could be without beer money this week, so a child had proper clothes. She would have done the same thing if it were Kate.