As her fever had gone down, he feared no serious illness.

Leonore was to spend several more days in bed and therefore she was to have a nurse who could also take care of her at night-time.

For this nobody better than grandmother Apollonie could be found, and Mrs.
Maxa would be so glad for her patient's and her own sake if she could arrange to come to the house for several days and nights.

She told Loneli to tell her grandmother that the little girl was named Leonore and that Mrs.Maxa was quite sure she would not be hard to take care of.
The mother would not allow herself to be detained any longer.

To all the questions which stormed in upon her she only had one answer: "To-morrow, children, to-morrow." Then she disappeared again into the sick room.
"Please tell me what she is like, when you have seen her.