37 35 2 "God knows, Sir."
Struck by the straightforward simplicity
of these replies, the officer next asked
"Do you know anything about your
beginning?"
"No, Sir. But I have heard
that I was found in a ^ pretty silk-lined basket of
oakum hanging one morning from the
knocker of a good man's door in
Bristol"
37 35 2 "God knows, Sir."
Struck by the straightforward simplicity
of these replies, the officer next asked
"Do you know anything about your
beginning?"
"No, Sir. But I have heard
that I was found in a ^ pretty silk-lined basket of
oakum hanging one morning from the
knocker of a good man's door in
Bristol"

Transcribed by: John Bryant