"I didn't know the man was sick." "Who are they ?" he asked.
"Poor people," she said.

And Roger flinched.
"Who is this boy ?" "A neighbor of theirs.

His mother, who was a widow, died about two years ago.

He was left alone and scared to death lest he should be 'put away' in some big institution.

He got Mrs.Berry to take him in, and to earn his board he began selling papers instead of coming to our school.