Go on",Monks said.
"Your mother left the country, taking you with her. Then your father met a young girl called Agnes Fleming. They fell in love. Soon, she was expecting a child.
Monks smiled but said nothing. Mr. Brownlow went on speaking.
‘Your father inherited a lot of money,’ he said. ‘He left England and went to live abroad. There he fell ill and died.
When he died no one could find his will.