"Yes," said Carrie, sitting down. "I went North with Jim and my brother and the boys, when the ice broke up." "The boys?" "The rock-cutters and choppers," Carrie explained. "I see," said Bernard. "Was there no other woman? What did you do?" "The nearest woman was a hundred miles off. I cooked and looked after the stores. Sometimes I mended the clothes." "And how were the others occupied?"