Lottie frowned and sighed. All Anne had to do was say yes. But Anne seemed piggishly determined to do the opposite. What sort of a life could she have sitting in the ruins of her family surrounded by battered sisters and father held at Her Majesties Pleasure? 

"But it is possible -" Lottie started to rebut the girl. In this age, there were no laws denying adoption, it was just a decision made by distant relatives or concerned neighbours, simple addition like a cookbook add 1 child to the family -

"I'm sorry, Anne. I'm asking too much of ye in the moment. Yer care fer others does ye great credit, but if ye don't care fer yerself, how much is left to give to others? Ye can't draw water from an empty jar. Please say ye'll think about it."