Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories Compassion Quotes

This office was also the place where Miss Amelia received sick people, for she enjoyed doctoring and did a great deal of it. (Ballad.53)

Is it more about expertise or caretaking, for Miss Amelia? Which does she seem to take more joy in?

He always smelled slightly of turnip greens, as Miss Amelia rubbed him night and morning with pot liquor to give him strength. (Ballad.77)

It's as if Lymon is marked by her love, smelling of her country cures as he moves about town.

Miss Amelia would not leave him by himself to suffer with this fright. (Ballad.78)

It hurts Miss Amelia, it seems, to see Lymon suffer. So she must watch over him. Is this what love is for her?