"I knew yer parents..." The truth was that he would probably not have taken Elijah in. Not if he had been a baby. He had had two boys to look after and a third child coming at the time. It was as Mary Tanner had said. Own children came first. "Of course I want a good life for that baby, all I'm saying is.. well... don't expect too much. And without his mother, well, let's hope he doesn't fall sick in the first place." So many babies died. He had lost two, and he had been lucky to raise all his other children beyond their infant years, although misfortune had still visited them twice.