Louisa(1)

Aunt Louisa is married to Uncle Fred and mother to Cousin Louisa, Cousin Fred, and an unnamed baby. As Rodney's older sister, she repeatedly rationalizes her brother's behavior. She hides his misdoings from their father, and she cries when Rodney asks her for two thousand dollars to cover his theft from the Compress Association: "Aunt Louisa begged Mr. Pruitt for Grandpa's sake and . . . gave Mr. Pruitt her oath that Uncle Rodney would stay right there in the house until papa could get there, and Mr. Pruitt said how he hated it to happen at Christmas too and so for Grandpa's and Aunt Louisa's sake he would give them until the day after Christmas if Aunt Louisa would promise him that Uncle Rodney would not try to leave Mottstown" (271).