ready-lit

Updated: July 1, 2026

I've lit the kitchen fire, for poor cook is in hysterics, and Maria is sobbing and crying quite helpless." "How silly!" muttered Tom. "Where's uncle?" "Here I am. Ready?" For Uncle Richard appeared with a ready-lit lantern and the keys. "We shall have to go out by the front door, Tom; the wind's worse on the other side of the house." "I'm ready, uncle." "Pray take care, sir," said Mrs Fidler.

George Manville Fenn - The Vast Abyss: The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam