Augustus J. C. Hale was a renowned writer and artist of the Victorian era. At just 14 months old in 1830, he was adopted by another family. Seventeen years later, while dining at an inn in Mannheim, he encountered a similar scene: a woman holding a child in her arms, weeping because her 14-month-old baby was about to be sent to live with an aunt. Hale couldn't help but connect his own past experience with the scene before him, feeling a deep sense of reflection.
This cycle of 17 years saw two families facing the same fate—children being sent to their aunts, becoming the children of their godmothers. This coincidence raises questions about whether there is a hidden mysterious force at play.
