You find somethin' and dust the dinin'-room real nice, while I get the breakfast." Maria obeyed, but she did that numbly, without any realization of the task.
The morning wore on.

The doctors, one at a time came down, and the nurse came down, and they ate a hearty breakfast.

Maria watched them, and hated them because they could eat while her mother was so ill.
Miss Bell also ate heartily, and she felt that she hated her.

She was glad that her father refused anything except a cup of coffee.

As for herself, Mrs.White made her drink an egg beaten up with milk.