Here in St. Cloud's it is high time something was done for the good of someone. What better place for improvement could there be for self-improvement, and for the good of all than a place where evil has so clearly flourished if not altogether triumphed?
There was the human body, which was so clearly designed to want babies--and then there was the human mind, which was so confused about the matter.
An orphan is simply more of a child than other children in that essential appreciation of the things that happen daily, on schedule.
Even in enlightened times, unwanted babies will manage to be born.