Before the bad day, her world had been confined to motels and trailers and little cinder block houses.

In a little cinder block cabin.

And mind you, little cinder witch, to tell your Spanish friends that it is all in honour of the taking of Chagres.

So the poor little cinder maid married the Prince, and in time they came to be King and Queen, and lived happily ever after.

Art drums his fingers on the tinny tabletop and little cinders skitter over the edge.

'By'r laykin,' said Nat Salt, 'that little cinder witch was rather a favourite with the Captain.

"You are right; people would only laugh to see a little cinder wench at a ball."