Spenser, and gave her a kiss.
After this Katy used to go every day. Sometimes Mrs. Spenser would be up
and moving feebly about; but more often she was in bed, and Katy would
sit beside her. The house never looked a bit better than it did that
first day, but after a while Katy used to brush Mrs. Spenser's hair, and
wash her face with the corner of a towel.
I think her visits were a comfort to the poor lady, who was very ill and
lonely. Sometimes, when she felt pretty well, she would tell Katy
stories about the time when she was a little girl and lived at home with
her father and mother. But she never spoke of Mr. Spenser, and Katy
never saw him except once, when she was so frightened that for several
days she dared not go near the house. At last Cecy reported that she had
seen him go off in the stage with his carpet-bag, so Katy ventured in
again. Mrs. Spenser cried when she saw her.
"I thought you were never coming any more," she said.
Katy was touched and flattered at having been missed, and after that she
never lost a day. She always carried the prettiest flowers she could
find, and if any one gave her a specially nice peach or a bunch of
grapes, she saved it for Mrs.
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