the woman-little more than a girl she was , while her husband 's beard was grey and white , so i wondered if she was his daughter for a moment , but no : there was but one bed , scarcely big enough for two-the woman went outside , into the sheep pen that adjoined the house , and returned with oatcakes and a dried ham she must have hidden there , which she sliced thin , and placed on a wooden trencher before the man .