Its aspect was very little changed.

The house and furniture, such as it was, had been sold years ago to its present occupants; Mr.Strafford had rescued such small articles as the fugitive wife's desk, workbox, and various trifles which had been in her possession before her marriage, but other things remained just as they had been.

Two children, girls of ten and twelve, were the only occupants of the room, and they cast curious glances at the two ladies who followed the clergyman into their domains.
He spoke to them in Ojibway, asking first for their mother, and then why the younger sister was not at school?
"It was so stormy this morning," the elder answered.

"She is going this afternoon." "It is quite time she was gone, then.

These ladies will stay with you, Sunflower, while I go in to see your mother.