I then said: "It will be well, then, for you to make a little water
gruel, and feed your child."
To this she replied: "I was thinking I would if my husband brings home
some Indian meal. He has gone to try to get some and I am in hopes he
will make out."
She said this with a sad countenance. I asked her with surprise: "Why
madam, have you not got anything to eat?"
She strove to suppress a tear, and answered sorrowfully: "No sir; we
have had but little these some days."