She had learned that there was talk of electing a mayor, a town clerk, a treasurer, a sheriff and a board of commissioners, and it ought to be understood in advance that-- The torrent came at that instant, but it requires a very slight stretching of the imagination in order to understand precisely what Miss Spotts insisted ought to be understood.
It rained very hard all night, and thundered, and lightened, and blew great guns.

Not one, but all of the women, tucked away in their bunks, wondered how those poor men were faring out there in that black and lonely camp! The next morning it was still raining.

(In fact, it rained steadily for three days and nights.) Betty Cruise died shortly after daybreak, and with her death ended the controversy over the naming of her babe.
She was the first to be laid to rest in the burying-ground on Cape Sunrise.

Services were conducted on the Doraine by the Reverend Mr.
Mackenzie, assisted by Father Francisco.

All work was suspended on the morning of the funeral.