There were venison steaks, and a great pile of buckwheat cakes that moment taken from the fire, with a glass dish of clear golden maple syrup placed beside them, and expressly intended for Lucia's benefit.

Altogether not a meal to be despised.
When supper was over, and Mrs.Hall had left them, Mr.Strafford began to ask Mrs.Costello for particulars of the arrangements made for the removal of Christian's remains, and when they would probably arrive at the island.
Mr.Bellairs had had some difficulty, she told him, in finding means of transport, but the matter had been finally settled by his engaging a sailing-boat belonging to a fisherman.

The coffin had been put on board early in the morning, and the boat started at once.

It ought, therefore, to reach the island early to-morrow.
"All here is ready," Mr.Strafford said.

"I suppose three o'clock in the afternoon will do to fix for the funeral; the boat is sure to be here long before that." "Oh! yes, long before.