The bread thus derived heat at the bottom from the coals and at the top from the main fire.
"She's risin' fine!" Jamie presently announced.
"She'll rise fast enough," David declared confidently.

"There's no fear of that." There was no fear indeed.

In ten minutes the loaf had increased to three times its original thickness and the side nearer the ground took on a delicate brown, for the greater heat of a fire is always reflected toward the ground.

David removed the pan from its support, and without lifting the loaf from the pan, moved it round until the brown side was opposite the handle.

Then he returned the pan to its former position.