Adele gave a wide-eyed look of surprise as the list shifted and some new names appeared, but she didn't have much time to think about how the worked because there was a name she recognised.
Any pretense of being more grown up than she was instantly disappeared, and she was practically bouncing up and down as she spoke very quickly and excitedly. [Yes! Yes! You know Mr Rochester, his name is on the register! Edward Fairfax Rochester, right here, do you see? Mr Rochester is my papa!] She bit her lip as she caught what she had said. She wasn't meant to say that. [I mean. I mean he is... my guardian.]