I will go and inquire what the sick woman needs.

Will that satisfy you, dear ?" "Yes," said Elsli, but somewhat doubtfully.

"You see, there is so much to be done that no one would know about, and she would never tell about it.

I couldn't do much darning and mending, and the clothes are so worn out that the children can scarcely keep them on; and their mother is too ill to cook, and when the father comes home he is too tired, and he has hard work even to keep a house over their heads.

If I don't help them, they will never get through; they will suffer in silence.