The answer to this letter pleased him and he wrote again.
One afternoon, during the third week of Mrs.Beasley's stay, Asaph called and found Captain Cy in the sitting room, reading the Breeze.

The captain urged his friend to remain and have supper.

"We've run out of beans, Ase," he explained, "and are just startin' in on a course of boiled cod.

Do stay and eat a lot; then there won't be so much to warm over." Mr.Tidditt accepted the invitation, also a section of the Breeze.

While they were reading they heard the back door slam.
"It's the graven image," explained the captain.