A nearly elderly maid of Valwyck prepares a picnic within the kitchen, filling her wicker basket with the goodies she knew the Baruch children liked -- cookies, small sandwiches, various juices, and a large blanket that she had hand-knit for this occasion.
"A wretched person, truly. But he was still their Papej, and they will no doubt grieve in their different ways." The aging woman said to another maid, "My heart breaks for those poor children."