tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192020.post-26957976738966905732008-03-23T15:02:00.000-07:002008-03-23T15:02:00.000-07:00"What I can't seem to figure out is why Mrs Adams decides to give "the plague" or whatever that disease was, to the rest of her family.....intentionally."<BR/><BR/>This is made clearer in the book. She was getting the kids immunized with a weak version of the pox in hopes it would spare them from the more severe form of the disease that was spreading. It worked.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14455808190494781168noreply@blogger.com