[The lackluster response gives Fenimore pause. Ah, of course a comment about hope for the future would cause Shirley to feel down in a situation like this, in a place with no hope for any future beyond one like Fenimore's -- scraping by, keeping her head down, and hoping to last one more day.
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A place with no hope, huh? No Welzes....]
Do you have any family, Shirley?