A baby woke in a cradle on the other side of the fire, and began to cry.

The girl went and took him up; and then Robert saw what she was like.

Light-brown hair clustered about a delicately-coloured face and hazel eyes.

Later in the harvest her cheeks would be ruddy--now they were peach-coloured.

A white neck rose above a pink print jacket, called a wrapper; and the rest of her visible dress was a blue petticoat.