“The brotherhood that ran an orphanage for undesirable children.” He snorted at the words, but his grimace lacked the barest trace of mirth. I had not met enough children to have a clear sense of what my friend would have looked like as a child, but I felt a profound mix of pity and anger on behalf of that little boy. Undesirable. What a wretched thing to say about anyone. Even worse, Emerald believed it.”