"Well, before I found out that the circus folk weren't my biological parents, I called the couple who looked after me first by their first names like everyone else." Carlotta says.

Small smile. "They went back to Spain in the end, or I'd have invited them."

She does up the buttons on Molly's dress, and attempts to tame her hair a bit, before plonking her back in the crib. Then, it's Little William's turn, and she leans over to nudge her nephew awake.