Next he placed cans of three sizes upon the table; and these Carley conjectured contained sugar, salt, and pepper.

Carley might not have been present, for all the attention he paid to her.

Again he peeped at the biscuits.

At the edge of the hot embers he placed a tin plate, upon which he carefully deposited the slices of ham.

Carley had not needed sight of them to know she was hungry; they made her simply ravenous.