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-Her friend Polly died from Yellow Fever (they did not know the cause of Polly's death)

-They hear about a mysterious sickness that caused many to move away, including Washington.

-Matilda's mother got sick, so they (Matilda and her Grandfather) got sent to visit their friends, the Worthingtons, who own a farm.

-They get a ride from farmers, but when they are stopped in a city they are passing through, Grandfather is coughing, so they get kicked out, without their food, clothes, money, etc.

-They try to get food, although they are stranded.

-When Matilda wakes up, she is just cured from yellow fever.

-Her Grandfather is flirting with a nurse, and they promise to dance together one day.

-Grandfather takes her back to their Coffee House.

-They find that thieves have taken all the food, but nothing from the strongbox.

-They bathe and eat a little, but they have almost nothing left.

-During the night, thieves come, and kill Grandfather.

-Although people are simply buried in piles now, with no priests, she ensures her Grandfather a "proper burial"

-She meets a little girl whose mother dies, named Nell.

-She finds their old cook, who was also her dear friend, who is working for...the Black Society? The African Society? Something like that.

-All the kids catch yellow fever, but they're taken to the coffeehouse and they recover.

-There is no word from Mother, whom Eliza thought had gone to the Worthingtons with them.

-Finally, the first frost comes, and the fever is over. Her Mother returns after a long time, and she is too weak to manage the coffeeshop. Eliza and Mattie (Matilda) take over.

-(oh and I forgot to mention her boyfriend-kinda, Nathaniel Benson, who shows up some durin the book.)

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