Summary

Chapter 11. Patty’s mother is upset when she notices food missing from the kitchen, and suspects Ruth is taking it home with her. Mr. Bergen offers to fire her, and says he never liked her anyway. Patty lies in bed, sore and listening, waiting until her parents are gone to get up. However, when she hears her father’s comment, she yells out she, her sister and her friend have eaten the food. Her father then admonishes his wife. Patty notes her father is generous about food, if nothing else.

Ruth arrives and offers breakfast. Mr. Bergen has already has his Corn Flakes, which is what he eats every day, and Mrs. Bergen refuses breakfast, as it is “fattening.” Ruth comes in to Patty’s room to check on her, and asks her to come into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Patty does not eat...