Chapter 29

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​⁠Valancy toiled not, neither did she spin. There was really very little work to do. She cooked their meals on a coal-oil stove, performing all her little domestic rites carefully and exultingly, and they ate out on the verandah that almost overhung the lake. Before them lay Mistawis, like a scene out of some fairy tale of old time. And Barney smiling his twisted, enigmatical smile at her across the