“We are so much obliged.” She followed her visitor out in the hall.
“Do not come down,” said Miss Armitage. “And I hope the babies will improve.”
“Thank you—for everything.”
The sun was going down and some stray wafts of wind wandered along, which made the heat rather more endurable.
“Jane,” she said as she walked into the room, “did you notice any bruise on the child’s head while you were bathing her. She fell off of the steps it seemed.”
“There was none on her forehead. Her hair 71 is very thick and I really did not look only to see that it was in a nice, clean condition. She hasn’t suffered for want of cleanliness.”
Then she told Jane all she had learned, adding:
“They seem very nice kind of people. But oh! those babies!”
Miss Armitage telephoned to the settlement House, stating the case.
“Yes, Ellen Day was still there and would be very glad of the position. She would go the first thing in the morning.”