“It’s his heart,” said Wilbur Larch. “I’ve not told him about it because I haven’t wanted to worry him. It’s the sort of condition that could be made worse by his worrying about it,” Dr. Larch confided to these two good-hearted innocents, who gave him their rapt attention. “Just so he’s not exposed to anything too strenuous, or to anything too violent in the way of exercise—or to anything too shocking,” said Wilbur Larch, who had created a perfect history for someone who simply needed to be careful—who needed to stay out of danger. Larch had given his favorite orphan a history that he hoped
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