Oh, yes. I would not trade the time I did spend with them for the world.

[ She wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about that.

But in a sense, she does think it hurts more to lose something than to never have had it in the first place. At least the last one is a wondering sort of hurt - with the first kind you really know what you've lost. ]

And I suppose that I am by far not the only orphan in all of London. It is a small miracle for children there to grow up while still having both of their parents around. [ Such a fun, fun place. ]