Finally Mrs.Godfrey assembled her shivering children about her and read aloud the twenty-third psalm, and closing the old service book she said to her husband, let us no longer tarry here, let us make haste towards the sloop.

As they were about to start, it suddenly occurred to Mrs Godfrey that Old Mag was missing.

The Captain had not seen her since he placed the musket in her lap.

The children had not seen her since the burning of the house, and Mrs.Godfrey had not seen her after she had taken the musket off her lap.

The old squaw's absence caused a delay in setting out for the sloop.