In front of a cheerful fire, tea was ready for pouring.

The cheerful fire was black mud now, starting to glaze with ice.

A cheerful little fire was burning in the fireplace.

She added a little more lipstick and went back to the cheerful fire.

They hung about a little longer, then dragged themselves home, slipped into the house, and built up a fine, cheerful fire on the hearth.

A cheerful little fire burned here and there inside a house.

Once more there was a cheerful fire in the big room, though the sun was coming out now and the afternoon would grow warmer.

The doors to the firebox were either closed to heat the oven, or opened to provide a cheerful fire.

It was a cool evening, and a most cheerful fire was burning in the central hall.

It is not very difficult to forget rain and mud by the side of a cheerful fire, and in a bright room.