![]() ![]() Grandfather won him in a card game and he is often disliked by Matilda. King GeorgeĪ parrot named after the British King George III. He dies after they get back to the coffee house during a break-in. After his son dies, Grandfather began helping Lucille, Eliza, and Matilda run the coffeehouse. He was once a captain in the Revolutionary War under General Washington's command. ![]() It is difficult for her to locate Matilda but after the epid William Cook She catches Yellow Fever and throughout the book she tries to be reunited with her daughter. Lucille is Matilda's mother! Matilda's mother was the owner of the coffeehouse when the book began,and she was very strict with Matilda. When Polly dies, Mattie takes her chores. She then finds and takes care of a small orphan girl, Nell, whose mother died of yellow fever. Matilda got yellow fever, but survived, being taken care of at a hospital in Bush Hill. She matures throughout the course of the book which forces her to control her own life instead of her mother. She is a fourteen year old girl who is nicknamed "Mattie." She has a crush on Nathaniel Benson, a painter's assistant, and once watched the first hot air balloon (Blanchard's balloon) in America rise with him. She tells Matilda get out of the room so that she doesn't get sick too.Protagonist and main character of the book. Mother awakes and begins vomiting black fluid.Matilda tends to her patient, reads her Psalm book, and dozes off from time to time.Carris and Eliza leaves to go to her brother's family. Lucille remains in a feverish haze, shivering and moaning. Per doctor's orders, Matilda has to bathe her mother every four hours and keep her cool and clean.He reveals that he's on the conservative side of the yellow fever debate and therefore uses the diagnosis sparingly. Rowley declares that Mother doesn't have yellow fever. Rowley to have a look at Mother, even though the guy isn't really a doctor, has dirty hands, and reeks of rum. Grandfather insists that she simply fainted from the heat, but Matilda can tell something is really, really wrong. ![]() Mother is, thankfully, not dead, so Grandfather and Mattie move her inside and put her in bed. ![]()
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