do you know anything of the candle? I cannot find it, my dear,
and I want it sadly, for I fancy it is time we should be up and be
jogging. Dost know any thing of it, my lad?' 'Not I, truly,
father,' said the boy, 'I only know that I saw mother stick it in
the box-lid last night, and put it upon the chair, which she set
by the bedside, after you had put your clothes upon the back of
it; I know I saw her put it there, so it must be there now, I
fancy.' 'Well, I cannot find it,' replied the father; so we must
e'en get up in the dark, for I am sure it must be time.' The
father and son then both dressed themselves, and the man, taking a
shilling out of his pocket, laid it upon the chair, saying at the
same time, 'There, Betty. I have left a shilling for you; take
care it does not go after the candle, for where that is I cannot
tell any more than the carp at the bottom of the squire's
fish-pond.' He then unlocked the door, and went away, accompanied
by his son.

After their departure, we again came out, and took another walk
round the room, and found our way into a little cupboard, which we
had not before observed. Here we discovered half a loaf of bread,
a piece of cold pudding, a lump of salt butter, some soft sugar in
a basin, and a fine large slice of bacon. On these dainties we
feasted very amply, and agreed that we should again hide ourselves
behind the black trunk all day, and at night, when the family were
in bed, return to take another meal on the plenty of nice
provision which we so happily discovered. Accordingly, we crept
back just as the woman went to fill her teakettle at a pump, which
stood between her house and the next neighbour's. When she
returned, she put it upon the fire she had just lit, and, taking a
pair of bellows in her hand, sat down to blow it.