"As far as I know, no." She hoped her mother had had the good sense never to make a deal with Fagin ever again in her life. Idly, she wondered if second-borns were just as valuable as first-borns. Or maybe it was just for the poeticness of it all. She'd never really asked Fagin for the details.

"They're good lads, though, the lot of 'em." Okay, so Jem White kind of sucked. He was a few years younger than Nancy, about ready to strike out on his own.