He was in no mood to contest such a point with her.

Saul went out to his shed.

Bates shut the house door, and went up the ladder to his loft.

Both were soon in the sound slumber that is the lot of men who do much outdoor labour.
The girl helped the old woman to bed in the kitchen.

Then she went back and sat in the chamber of death.
Outside, the wind hustled the fallen leaves..