She asks Mattie to work alongside her as an equal, thus giving Mattie the opportunity to further realize her self-worth. She does not interfere when Mattie makes her own decisions, helping Mattie mature to the woman she is quickly becoming.
She is steadfast in a crisis and works long hours as a volunteer for the Free African Society during the epidemic. Eliza lost her husband many years ago, though she is still close with her brother Joseph and his twin sons, Robert and William. Why does Mattie allow herself to cry when she finds Eliza? She thinks of Eliza as a mother and she is always telling Eliza everything. Why does Mattie feel like a turncoat? Answer: She sees someone pushing flowers through a cracked-open window and scattering them around and then she notices him moving.
Colette contracts the fever and then the family flees Philadelphia. Why does Mattie take Nell to the orphan house? She thinks the orphan house would be able to reunite Nell with any remaining relatives she has left. How does Mattie react when she is reunited with Eliza? She hugs Mattie and cannot believe that she has found her. It would be cruel and hard for everyone. Though she hates the idea, Matilda realizes that Mother Smith is right.
The next day, Matilda and Eliza take Nell to the orphan house. The woman who answers the door is completely swamped with children. Grandfather intervenes and gets injured in a scuffle with one of the robbers. He dies with Matilda at his side. One day, Polly fails show up at the coffeehouse. Mother goes to see where Polly is and comes back with news that Polly died from a sudden fever.
Mattie wanders around the streets some more, and eventually decides that she has to get herself together. The girl tells Mattie that her mother, like her doll, is also broken.
He always said death was the eternal sleep, so he should be buried in his nightshirt. Why does Matilda go the market? To get food and ask about her mother. We'll take seconds. Over lunch, the family discusses what to do with their extra earnings.
Grandfather wants to go into trade and open a regular store. Mattie, ever the businesswoman, suggests buying another coffee urn and expanding the business to include meal service and meeting rooms. As an ardent Francophile, she'd also like to sell trinkets and baubles from France. Mother puts an end to speculation by saying that the increase in business is temporary and is only due to the fear of fever. Grandfather comments that the fever was brought in by refugees and argues that they should be quarantined.
Mother suggests going to the country, but Grandfather protests: "We Cooks are made of stronger stuff! It's an invitation from the rich Pernilla Ogilvie. She'd like Matilda and her mother to come over for tea. Mother is excited because she sees a potential match for Matilda with Pernilla's son, Edward. Matilda, however, protests since the family is a bunch of snobs and Edward is not Nathaniel Benson. Eventually, though, she agrees to go. Matilda and her mother have no new or fancy clothes, so Matilda wears an older dress with the side seams let out; Mother puts on an old stained ivory dress last seen around the time of the Revolutionary War.
Matilda lets Eliza brush her hair, but draws the line when it comes to curling. She finds the strongbox. Answer: She sees someone pushing flowers through a cracked-open window and scattering them around and then she notices him moving. Before the tea arrives, the two Ogilvie daughters appear: Colette and Jeannine. How does Janine Ogilvie regard Matilda?
She sticks her tongue out at Matilda, prevents her from eating, and insults her. What promise do the Eplers make to Mattie at the market? They promise to ask everyone if they have seen her mother. In Fever , Grandfather sends Matilda to a nearby farmhouse to buy food and blankets for them.
He is too sick with cholera to go himself. He feels like the city is unsafe for them both and wants to rummage for food in the garden first.
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