A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney: it sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were all together-I, a little removed from the hearth, busy at my knitting, and Joseph reading his Bible near the table (for the servants generally sat in the house then, after their work was done). 
A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney. We were all together - I busy at my knitting, and Joseph reading his Bible.
