Sheelah

Sheelah had taught him what a promise was; it was something not to be shaken or killed even in a railroad wreck.

Sheelah was not going to tell him, so he would insist upon waiting up.

For once he had almost turned one and Sheelah had found him in the middle of it and said pointed things.

From the moment of his birth, Larry and Sheelah were seldom known to have a dispute.

This saved her character, and threw Larry and Sheelah into fresh despair.