On warm days many of the cottage dwellers woukd move chairs outside and work or relax in the yard. So to in the yard the Wards shared. Benjamin sat on a chair in front of the steps that led to their floor, smoking a pipe. On two other chairs sat Simon and Rose, working on repairs of a net. Alice, their younger sister of about thirteen sat on the steps, reading Bible. Ben could barely read and so the children would read to him. A little higher up sat Anne, slightly younger, keeping her herself occupied with knitting. Other people were out in the yards, some closeby listening to Alice. Others working, or talking to each other.