I sent for you not only to give you the clothes, but to talk with you a little about Elsli.

I am worried about that child; she looks so pale and thin.

Hanseli is far too heavy for her to carry, and then the other two boys are always hanging about her and pulling her down.

She will soon break down at this rate; you must see for yourself how miserably she looks, and you ought not to let her be so overworked." "Oh, yes, Mrs.Stein, it's very easy to say that," interrupted Marget; "but what can people like us do?
I have all I can do from morning till night to get the children clothed and fed; and how could I do it if I had to have all the little crybabies round me all the time?
There's nobody but Elsli to help me with them.

That big Fani might help her to be sure, but he always forgets; he means well enough, but he's thoughtless.