Character Analysis
Louisa, May, and Jane are the three older (but still youngish) girls in the family for whom Lucy works.
Lucy's charges are relatively well-behaved and don't seem to cause her much trouble, but they can be feisty. Luckily, this is something Lucy admires about them. She tells us:
They would spill their food, or not eat any of it at all, or make up rhymes about it that would end with the words "smelt bad." How they made me laugh. (1.13)
Kids say the darndest things.