Book Excerpt: ey wouldn't," she objected. "You don'tknow how noisy I am."The lawyer stirred restlessly and pondered."But, surely, my dear, isn't there some relative, somewhere?" hedemanded. "How about your mother's people?"Billy shook her head. Her eyes filled again with tears.There was only Aunt Ella, ever, that I knew anything about. Sheand mother were the only children there were, and mother died whenI was a year old, you know.""But your father's...