For an instant it burnt up brightly, then flickered and went out.

She blew the spark, but it died also.

Then she threw the paper on to the ground, trod on it, and went to her bed, and began to undress.
Em rushed to the door, knocking against it wildly.
"Oh, Tant Sannie! Tant Sannie! Oh, let us out!" she cried.

"Oh, Lyndall, what are we to do ?" Lyndall wiped a drop of blood off the lip she had bitten.
"I am going to sleep," she said.

"If you like to sit there and howl till the morning, do.