Marian de Haan wrote:
Possibly Lauren was the only abandoned girl in that whole generation. :-)
Or simply the only one Mellanby happened to find before she was finished off by the elements or the local fauna. If the locals followed a custom of exposing unwanted newborns, there would be a fairly narrow window of opportunity for rescuing one. How narrow depends on how harsh the conditions were, and how many predators were around.
- Lisa
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