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“I have been a bad girl. You have looked after me so lovingly and I have

not cooperated with you. I have been depressed and gloomy. The last

leaf has shown me how wicked I have been. I have realised that it is a

sin to want to die.”

Johnsy said that she had been a bad girl. Sue looked after her while she

did not cooperate and remained sad. The last leaf had made her realize

her mistake. She said that the desire to die was a wrong one.

Sue hugged Johnsy. Then she gave her lots of hot soup and a mirror.

Johnsy combed her hair and smiled brightly.

Sue was glad to see the change in Johnsy. She got soup for her, gave

har a mirror to tidy her hair. Johnsy was happy and bright.

In the afternoon the doctor came. After examining his patient he told

Sue, “Johnsy now has the will to live. I am confident she’ll recover soon.

Now I must go downstairs and see Behrman. He is also suffering from

pneumonia. But I am afraid, there is no hope for him.”

The doctor visited that afternoon and said that the desire to live was

back in Johnsy. He was sure that she would recover. He went

downstairs to check Behrman who was suffering from pneumonia and

there was no hope that he would recover.

The next morning Sue came and sat on Johnsy’s bed. Taking Johnsy’s

hand in hers she said, “I have something to tell you. Mr Behrman died of

pneumonia this morning. He was ill for only two days. The first day the

janitor found him on his bed. His clothes and shoes were wet and he

was shivering. He had been out in that stormy night.”

Janitor: a person whose job is to look after a building