Chloe produced some spoons and knives and forks from the basket.
"Spoons and forks are luxuries, Chloe," Vincent said, laughing.

"We could have managed without them." "Yes, sah; but me not going to leave massa's silver for dose villains to find." Lucy laughed.

"At any rate, Chloe, we can turn the silver into money if we run short.

Now the kettle is boiling." It was taken off the fire, and Lucy poured some tea into it from the canister, and then proceeded to cut up the bread.

A number of slices of bacon had already been cut-off, and a stick thrust through them, and Dan, who was squatted at the other side of the fire holding it over the flames, now pronounced them to be ready.