"This morning, ma'am, I found him at the corner of the town. I had known him up in London yonder. Hadn't I, Jo?"
"Tom-all-Alone's," the boy replied.
Whenever he fixed his attention or his eyes, it was only for a very little while. He soon began to droop his head again, and roll it heavily, and speak as if he were half awake.
"When did he come from London?" I asked.
"I come from London yes'day," said the boy himself, now flushed and hot. "I'm a-going somewheres."

"This morning, ma'am, I found him at the corner of the town. I had known him up in London. Hadn't I, Jo?"
"Tom-all-Alone's," the boy replied. He began to droop and roll his head again, as if he were only half awake.
"When did he come from London?" I asked.
"Yes'day," said the boy. "I'm a-going somewheres. 