An old woman at the park gave him to her.

Tilly was moving to a small flat and couldn't keep him.

He was a birthday gift from her parents.

She found him on her doorstep one day.

a faded brown dress that had been his mother's

a pocket watch his grandfather had given him

a handful of coins to pay for the train

a colourful parasol to shade her from the sunshine

told her the ship was specially designed and she shouldn't worry

asked one of his men to take her back to the third-class deck

promised to put an extra sailor on watch that night

took her below decks to show her the compartments the ship had

holy medal on a blue ribbon

pearl earring she had got from her mum

drawing she had made of the two of them

pair of mittens she'd just finished knitting

had a large family with many children

had died at sea the day she last saw him

was a rich potato farmer and had the largest farm in the village

was living in Dublin and running a zip factory