Miss Howes, left to share with General Jackson the "sociability" of the shed, watched that lantern with faint hope and strong anxiety.

She saw it bobbing like a gigantic firefly about the walls of the house, stopping here and there and then hurrying on.

Soon it passed around the further corner and disappeared altogether.

The wind howled, the rain poured, General Jackson stamped and splashed, and Emily shivered.
At last, just as the watcher had begun to think some serious accident had happened to her courageous relative and was considering starting on a relief expedition, the lantern reappeared.
"Emily!" screamed Mrs.Barnes.

"Emily! Come here!" Emily came, fighting her way against the wind.