CHAPTER SIX Life at Lowood Continues As spring came and the days grew warmer,life at Lowood no longer seemed so hard. We enjoyed walking and playing outside,under a blue sky. But the warm weather also brought sickness to our area. By May,more than half the girls were seriously ill. Because of the poor food and bad living conditions,many girls died. There was fear and death inside the school,but outside the sun shone on the flowers and on the little streams of water flowing through the valleys. Fortunately,a few of the girls and I did not get sick. We enjoyed the beautiful summer weather,with no lessons or rules to follow at all! Sadly,Helen Burns could not come outside with me,because she had tuberculosis. When I learned how sick she was,I decided to visit her. I found her lying in bed,looking pale and weak. "You have come to say goodbye," she whispered,coughing. "You are just in time.I'm going soon."