For a moment, Rose wondered if she had taken too much liberty, visiting her friend without an invitation. They were friends, right? Or was father right? She put her hands in her hips. "Why, to see you, of course. And to share me sister's oatcakes." If they had been Rose's, Pearl would probably have lost half her teeth by now. She tilted her head a little as she tried to read the other girl. "Why 'ave ye been cooped up?"