Leagh Conwell

William: Can you keep a secret?

[the lone girl nods]

William: I was born in Cheapside, in that house over there.

[points it out to the girl]

Lone Girl in Cheapside: Really? I live just there.

[points to the house across from it]

William: Wait, how old are you?

Lone Girl in Cheapside: Nine and one half, sir.

William: Nine and one half. I wonder, can you remember a man, although probably died just before you were born. He was as tall as a knight, his name was John Thatcher.

Lone Girl in Cheapside: Well of course I remember him.

William: You do?

Lone Girl in Cheapside: Yeah, he lives there still.

[William is shocked]

Lone Girl in Cheapside: Sometimes you can see him looking from his window, though no one knows why.

William: What do you mean?

Lone Girl in Cheapside: He's blind, sir.