Mary-'Gusta bore three of the dolls.

Mr.Hamilton carried the other two, and Isaiah, with the valise in one hand and the basket containing the shrieking David at arm's length in the other, led the way.

Captain Shad, after informing them that he would be aboard in a jiffy, drove on to the barn.
The room they first entered was the kitchen.

It was small, rather untidy, and smelt strongly of fish and the fried potatoes.
"Come right along with me, Mary-'Gusta," said Zoeth.

"Fetch the satchel, Isaiah." "Hold on," shouted the perturbed "cook and steward." "What--what in the nation will I do with this critter ?" The "critter" was David, who was apparently turning somersaults in the basket.
Zoeth hesitated.