There is a place on the lake, on this side.

Not a house exactly, but a log cabin, where old Prue lives.

Did you ever hear of old Prue?
She is a man-hater and a recluse and lives all by herself in the bush.

It is a dreadful place and she keeps a fierce dog! But perhaps she keeps a boat, too.

She must keep a boat," cheerfully, "because she lives right by the water and I know she fishes.