38 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

The wheel was in one corner of the kitchen, by
a window. It was a great way from the fire, for
the room was very large. Lucy was so much
interested, for a time, in seeing Comfort spin,
that she forgot about the inspection. Comfort
talked with her, and explained something about
the spinning-wheel, but did not stop her work.
First she would whirl the wheel around one way
very fast for a few minutes, and then she would
stop, and then begin to whirl it the other way.
Sometimes she would draw out a long thread of
the yarn, and then the yarn would all run up on
the spindle.

“Why don’t you turn your wheel always the
same way?” asked Lucy.

“ Because,” said Comfort, “I have to turn it
one way to twist the thread, and then the other
to run it on the spindle.”

Lucy did not understand the explanation very
well, and so she thought she would look on and
see how Comfort did it. But she did it so
fast that Lucy could not see. So, after she had
stood silently for some time, hearing the wheel
buzz, she asked Comfort if there was going to be
an inspection that day.

. © Ves,” said Comfort.
“ When is it going to be?” asked Lucy.