“Indeed, it really is excellent; but it wants a little salt. Have you any salt, Juno?”
“Got a little, ma’am. Very little left,” replied Juno.
“What shall we do when all our salt is gone?” said Mrs Seagrave.
“Juno must get some more,” replied Ready.
“How I get salt?—hab none left,” replied Juno, looking at Ready.
“There’s plenty out there, Juno,” said Mr Seagrave, pointing to the sea.
“I don’t know where,” said Juno, looking in that direction.
“What do you mean, my dear?” inquired Mrs Seagrave.
“I only mean if we want salt we can have as much as we please by boiling down salt-water in the kettle, or else making a salt-pan in the rocks, and obtaining it by the sun drying up the water and leaving the salt. Salt is always procured in that way, either by evaporation, or boiling.”
“I’ll soon arrange that for you, ma’am,” said Ready, “and show Juno how to get it when she wants it.”