Lighting one of the matches, he then found the lamp on a chair directly in front of the door, where he had put it before going away that morning, his idea in so doing being that it would thus be easier to locate when he returned at night.

Thanking his lucky stars that he had not upset both chair and lamp in his prowlings, Mr.Winslow lighted the latter.

Then, with it in his hand, he turned, to see the very man he and Major Grover had just been discussing seated in the rocker in the corner of the room and glaring at him malevolently.
Naturally, Jed was surprised.

Naturally, also, being himself, he showed his surprise in his own peculiar way.

He did not start violently, nor utter an exclamation.