"You know Micaiah was adopted by the Manderras, but I don't think he told you why. You can guess from Nathaniel's age that their parents were in fact still alive at the time; he's not the orphaned angelica Rachel -"

"Isabella, the historical references aren't actually helpful."

"Sorry. But, Micaiah ran away. And he had reasons. And it occurred to me just the other day that he might have siblings - and I found that he did. I've put Nathaniel in Baruch's children's choir for now but that will only hold until the Gloria, and it doesn't give me an excuse to bar visitation if they take it into their heads to visit."

Delilah glances gravely between Micaiah and Nathaniel, clearly expecting elaboration.