'There is the Poor House.'
'Not for us—we do not belong to the place. And, further, it is full.'
'Let us creep into some hay-loft.'
'They will turn us out.'
'Into the church.'
'That at Axmouth is locked; that at Rousdon the roof has fallen in.'
'Mother, we must go somewhere.'
'So we shall—to the only shelter open.'
'Is it far?'