Abbie!...

Fetch Mr.Graves's lamp, won't you, please ?" It was after two the next morning before Captain Elisha rose from his chair by the fire and entered his bed chamber.

Yet, when Atwood Graves came down to breakfast, he found his host in the sitting room awaiting him.
"Afore we tackle Abbie's pancakes and fishballs, Mr.Graves," said the captain, "let's get the rest of that will business off our minds.

Then we can have the pancakes to take the taste out of our mouths, as you might say.

And let me ask you one more question.