Now THINK, everybody, just as hard as ever you can." They did think.

And presently they talked.

And later, when Bobbie had gone up to sit with Mother in case she wanted anything, the other two were very busy with scissors and a white sheet, and a paint brush, and the pot of Brunswick black that Mrs.Viney used for grates and fenders.
They did not manage to do what they wished, exactly, with the first sheet, so they took another out of the linen cupboard.

It did not occur to them that they were spoiling good sheets which cost good money.

They only knew that they were making a good--but what they were making comes later.
Bobbie's bed had been moved into Mother's room, and several times in the night she got up to mend the fire, and to give her mother milk and soda-water.