He could realize and understand his position better now.

Father was dead; and there was no one to earn bread for them all but himself.

At this thought he sprang up instantly, though his head was aching in a manner he had never felt before.

With some difficulty he awoke Martha to get his breakfast and put up his dinner in a basket which he carried with him to the pit.

She also complained bitterly of her head aching, and moved about with a listlessness very different to her usual activity.