Flagg leave Mattie to rest.This article is an excerpt from the Shortform book guide to "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson.
He has already sent a letter to inquire after her. Grandfather speculates that Mother is probably with the Ludingtons in the country.While Matilda was recovering, he rode back to their coffeehouse, which, he tells her, was locked up tight. Grandfather reveals that they have been gone from Philadelphia for five days.They oppose the bloodletting and purges recommended by doctors like Benjamin Rush and instead insist on bed rest. Flagg explains that the French doctors have a very different method of treating their patients. Flagg informs Mattie that the hospital has recently been taken over by Stephen Girard, a French "merchant, an importer, and a banker" who has set the hospital right (14.49). Though the place has a bad reputation, Mrs. Matilda learns that she's at Brush Hill, a mansion turned into a hospital for victims of yellow fever.Grandfather visits Matilda's bed and proceeds to flirt with Mrs.Tough old soldier that he is, he was the one who carried her to the hospital! Impressive. Flagg, who tells her that Grandfather is there and has fully recovered. The next morning, Matilda wakes and meets Mrs.There are bodies around her in beds, but none of them are Grandfather or Mother. Matilda jolts out of bed and realizes that she has had yellow fever and is in some kind of hospital.
In another, she meets a troop of French soldiers marching in a meadow. In one, she's on a crowded, carriage-filled road with wild crashing horses.
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