"Na. Turns old old Roper died not long after I left, Ma took up with Jon Darby, and left got into trouble and scampered, left Mary on her own. She's been working as a nursemaid, till her Lord started chasing her skirts. So she's staying with me a while, up in Greenwich. She's made friends with a couple of Ladies. Emilie Ashford for one, daughter of a Duke. Very fancy."
"If you want to get in with a Brewer, they'll find you a good place. Davie Adams, round the corner from here, good honest bloke. He'd set you up proper, if you wanted it."