Cree seemed to think that the fire was getting low.

In the little closet, which, with the kitchen, made up his house, was a corner shut off from the rest of the room by a few boards, and behind this he kept his peats.

There was a similar receptacle for potatoes in the kitchen.

Cree wanted to get another peat for the fire without disturbing Mysy.

First he took off his boots, and made for the peats on tiptoe.