"Are you out of your bath?"
"Yes; can you give me some clean kit?"
"Certainly, but will it fit you?"
"Oh, near enough. It will be clean, which is the main thing."
Much chaff ensued as Lindsay, who stood six feet three in his socks, got into some of his host's clothes, for Knight was the shorter of the two by some six inches, but fortunately broad in the shoulders.
"Can't do you in boots."
"Oh, that's all right. Give me some limbo[B] to tie up my feet."
During the bandaging the camp dogs began to bark loudly, and both men paused to listen.
"By the way," said Lindsay, "that must be Hobday. I walked on ahead of him; he is so deuced slow. Do you know Hobday? He's 'pills' to our expedition. Not a bad fellow, as doctors go."
"No, I don't know him and you haven't told me what the expedition is or anything about anything yet."