"Way we go den, no can tink."
"Nor can I think either, Wah."
"If no can lib, den no coz wy die hungly," said Wah Shin, and with this belief strong in his mind, he re-entered the cave and set about getting breakfast with his usual indifference to the state of the weather.
At any other time the sight of the flood and the danger of its coming higher would have alarmed Sam greatly, but though he could not ignore the danger that threatened him now, his own situation was lost sight of as he thought of his father's position.
He was still standing looking at the rushing flood, as if fascinated by its power and volume, when Ike and Ulna came out and joined him.
"Foh massy's sake!" exclaimed Ike, when he caught sight of the water. "Ain't she jest a bilein' up."
"Do you think the water will rise higher?" asked Sam as he turned to Ulna, and tried to find some comfort in his calm, impassive face.
Before replying Ulna looked up at the sky for some seconds, then said:
"The storm is not half over."
"And while it lasts the water will go on rising?"