Before one of them a large tent was erected, and through the parted flaps could be seen a table actually spread with a white cloth.

Was it a school feast, or was this their ordinary household arrangement?
Clarence and Susy thought of their own dinners, usually laid on bare boards beneath the sky, or under the low hood of the wagon in rainy weather, and marveled.

And when they finally halted, and were lifted from their horses, and passed one wagon fitted up as a bedroom and another as a kitchen, they could only nudge each other with silent appreciation.

But here again the difference already noted in the quality of the sensations of the two children was observable.

Both were equally and agreeably surprised.