"And they knitted for the soldiers whenever the lights were up."
"I guess Mrs. Hindenburg knitted when the lights were off, too," said Helen. "I've seen her knitting with her eyes shut."
"She sent in some more wristers for the orphans the other day," said Dorothy. "She has made seven pairs so far, and three scarfs and two little sweaters."
"Some knitter," announced Roger.
"Fräulein knits all the time, too, but she says she can't keep up with her mother. This is what I wanted to tell you—you remember when Roger first went there she told him that Fräulein's betrothed was in the German army. Well, yesterday she told us who he is."
"Is it all right for you to tell us?" warned Roger.
"It's no secret. She said that the engagement was to have been announced as soon as he got back from Germany and that many people knew it already."
"Is he an American German?"
"It's our own Mr. Schuler."
Roger gave a whistle of surprise; the Ethels cried out in wonder, and the Hancocks and the Watkinses who did not know many Rosemont people, waited for the explanation.