work?
The Squire had been like a fractious child over the compulsory rations.

Nobody was less of a glutton--he pecked like a bird; but the proper food to peck at must be always there, or his temper was unbearable.

Pamela made various blunders; the household knew hunger for the first time; and the servants began to give warning.

Captain Dell could do nothing with his employer, and the timber business was hung up.
Then came Pamela's outbreak after a tirade from the Squire bitterly contrasting his lost secretary's performances, in every particular, with those of his daughter.

The child had disappeared, and a message from the station was all that remained of her.