The clock in the orphanage struck eleven. I crept down the stairs. Miss Tibbet will be so mad if she knows I'm not in bed. I tiptoed along the corridor. That's when I heard voices. 'What do you think, then?' 'Elinor, I really don't know...' It was Miss Tibbet and Miss Wonders. 'When do you think time is right?' 'Time... it's always right. There's only one time. Or should I say uncountable, only if you count minutes and seconds.' 'You're talking nonsense.' 'I always do.' 'But Alistar should know who you are truly.' 'Well, I think it's really time for me to tell him... that I am his mother.'
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