'No, he never leaves the Flats. I do all the business; take over the fish, and buy the supplies. I bought all our cattle,' said Roxana, with pride. 'I poled them away over here on a raft, one by one, when they were little things.'
'Where do you pasture them?'
'Here on the island; there are only a few acres, to be sure; but I can cut boat-loads of the best feed within a stone's throw. If we only had a little more solid ground! But this island is almost the only solid piece in the Flats.'
'Your butter is certainly delicious.'
'Yes, I do my best. It is sold to the steamers and vessels as fast as I make it.'
'You keep yourself busy, I see.'
'O, I like to work; I could'nt get on without it.'
'And Samuel?'
'He is not like me,' replied Roxana. 'He has great gifts, Samuel has. I often think how strange it is that I should be the wife of such a holy man! He is very kind to me, too; he tells me about the visions, and all the other things.'
'What things?' said Raymond.