The young woman had no money,  45  they took her to the town workhouse. In those days that was where people went if they were  46  look after themselves. Here her baby was born, and, soon after that, the poor young woman died. No one knew who she was or  47  she had come from.

        The people at the workhouse called the child Tony. They sent him to a place where he lived with some other children.  48  had a mother or a father. Here, an old woman named Mrs. Taylor looked after them all.

         It was not a happy life for Tony and his little friends.