"Here and there on a rounded wood-pile, that was like the stalk of a huge black mushroom, there hung a lantern, but it seemed afraid to unfurl its timid, quivering light in all that blackness; it burned softly, as if for itself."
-- Narrator

Importance: This quotation appears early on in the story as Fenella is being ushered toward the Picton boat by her father and grandmother. Here, she notices a small lantern amidst the chaos of travelers. This image is significant because the lantern parallels Fenella's own childlike innocence and lack of certainty over who she is and where her life is going.

"Men, their caps pulled down, their collars turned up, swung by; a few women all muffled scurried along; and one tiny boy, only his little black arms and legs showing out of a white woolly shawl, was jerked along angrily between his father and mother; he looked like a...
-- Narrator