I still had work to do, and it didn’t stop because I had personal problems. Before returning to the front in early December, I hired a housekeeper a...d nanny for Madeleine and Marie. I could afford it, and it was a necessity given our situation. Greta Carstens came highly recommended by Mrs. Sharp herself, who had found her nearly destitute at a social relief station in Paris. She was in her mid-40s and originally from Belgium. She and her husband had fled the German onslaught in 1914, leaving. We went to the library and she started crying as soon as we sat down. Of course, that started me crying too although I didn't know what we were crying about."She eventually was able to tell me about the tough times they had growing up and how she and Dad fell in love when she was a freshman in college. They had unprotected sex a couple of times and she got pregnant. Since he was a much older guy, her parents never supported their relationship and made it known to them. They felt very alone but. The fire had been started by a large three car wreck at a place where the road went through a small forested area. I thought we were lucky that this was the only fire of this type we had seen. We circled the area and I thought the now smoldering fire would most likely burn itself out as the forested area was surrounded by roadways and fields damp from seasonal rains. We headed back south with the fire being the most noteworthy event that we spotted. I banked toward the east and passed over the. "The enormity of what she said took a few seconds to penetrate my mind,then a pang of pure panic gripped my stomach. I had never before been seenin a dress by anyone other than Sarah and here she was suggesting thatwewere going out to church with me, a hulking cruiserweight dressed likethis."You ARE joking," I said, "I can't go out looking like THIS." Don't be silly," she replied, "of course we are, how else are you goingto get used to public exposure? I don't want you throwing a paddy on.