then the wagon drove away finally mr bordreaux went back to delivering the mail , and very soon , about the time he reached prytania street , the weather had cleared up when he passed the next day the sidewalk was littered with leaves over the years , the talamasca has collected numerous stories connected with antha 's death , but what actually happened on the afternoon of december 10 , 1941 , may never be known mr bordreaux was the last 'outsider ' ever to see or speak with antha the baby 's nurse , an elderly woman named alice flanagan , had called in sick that day what is known from the police records and from the guarded talk emanating from the lonigan family and the priests of the parish is that antha jumped or fell from the porch roof outside the attic window of juhen 's old room some time before three p. m. carlotta 's story , gleaned from these same sources , was as follows she had been arguing with the girl about the baby , because antha had deteriorated to such a point that she was not even feeding the child .