Little Gretchen has had to go without anything; and she has been so good and patient!"
When I was sick my mother bade Gretchen carry me to a far part of the house, because I cried and so troubled her.
Following Olga came a period of what Bertram called "one night stands," so frequently were the dramatis personae below stairs changed. Gretchen drank.
On the whole, there was no one on the "Spartacus" whom Katy liked so well as sedate little Gretchen except the dear old Captain, with whom she was a prime favorite.
I would convoy you over, as companion, or lady-help, or anything else you choose to call it; I would remain with you there for a week, till you could arrange with your Gretchen, presumably unsophisticated; and then I would leave you.
All the time that she talked Mrs. Barrett was busy in making Mrs. Ware--for that, it seemed, was the sick lady's name--more comfortable; and Katy was feeding Gretchen out of a big bowl full of bread and milk which one of the stewards had brought.