She was now pretty thoroughly convinced that the storm had been responsible for the groans and that the rest had been due to her imagination.

However, she determined to let that room and the larger one adjoining last of all; she would take no chances with the lodgers, she couldn't afford it.
Among the equipment of the High Cliff House or its outbuildings were a horse, a pig, and a dozen hens and two roosters.

Captain Obed bought the horse at Mrs.Barnes' request, a docile animal of a sedate age.

A second-hand buggy and a second-hand "open wagon" he also bought.

The pig and hens Thankful bought herself in Trumet.