Madame Kethelsen, however, was uneducated, a woman of innocent and simple temperament. “Sweet Nelly,” Sesame would say, “my God, what a child she is, has never had a doubt in her life, has never known the struggle of faith—she’s so happy.” Such words betrayed equal portions of contempt and envy—a definite, though forgivable, weakness in Sesame’s character.
