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Elsa is a maid who works in Samantha Parkington's home in Mount Bedford.

Personality and Facts[]

Elsa is a serving maid in the Edwards household. She is grumpy and bad tempered, and snippy or fussy with Samantha at times.

She has an unnamed mother who lives distantly.

In The Books[]

Meet Samantha: An American Girl[]

Elsa is first mentioned when Samantha listens at the back door to make sure that Elsa is not there as she doesn't want to hear a lecture from her.

Samantha's Surprise: A Christmas Story[]

The Lilac Tunnel: My Journey with Samantha[]

Should the protagonist take on the identity of a servant named Ruby, Elsa takes charge of teaching her servant duties: how to do the laundry, set the dinner table, help in the kitchen, and other household tasks expected to maintain Grandmary's home.

During "Ruby"'s stay at the Edwards' household, Grandmary's new dragonfly brooch goes missing. The protagonist is suspected to be the thief. Samantha thinks Elsa is the thief because Grandmary denied Elsa a raise in pay a week prior to the protagonist's arrival. Should the protagonist agrees with Samantha's opinion, the girls will search Elsa's room and find a stack of money in a hatbox, giving the impression Elsa has stolen the brooch and sold it for quick cash.

Upon Elsa's forced departure from the Edwards' household, the protagonist and Samantha find Grandmary's brooch in the backyard and realize their mistake in accusing Elsa of the theft. Both girls race to the train station to catch Elsa before she leaves. Elsa says she still intends on going home and explains the money saved in the hatbox was meant to pay for her sick mother's medical bills. Samantha convinces Elsa to return to Grandmary's service after explaining the circumstances, and apologizes for accusing Elsa of the theft.

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