“I shall say nothing until you help us out of this pit and conduct us back to your office,” was the boy’s determined reply.
“What! do you defy me?”
“I do. You have no right to treat us in this fashion.”
“Ha, ha! right! Might is right out here. You must answer my question.”
“And I refuse to do so.”
“Think well. I am not a man to be trifled with.”
“I don’t need to think it over. I shall not answer a single question till we are back in your office.”
“Then you will tell me everything?”
“Perhaps I will.”
“I would not trust you. I think I had better leave you here.”