"There, girls, I think you will be able to manage to keep yourselves warm, by lying close together."
"What are you going to do, Oswald?"
"We shall be all right; and we can, if we like, make another shelter; and, if we feel cold, can walk about to warm ourselves. Now, Roger, get half a dozen sticks and lay across the top."
While Roger was away getting the sticks, Oswald helped the girls over the wall, for no entrance had been left.
"Now, Janet, give me those two wet smocks; I see that you have brought them with you."
"What do you want them for, Oswald?"
"I want them for the roof, Janet. It is beginning to freeze hard, and it is of no use having walls, if you have not a roof."
"Won't you take my cloak, instead?"
"Certainly not, Janet, you will want your cloak for a covering. Don't be silly, but hand them over."
By this time, Roger had returned with the sticks. They were laid across the top, and the girls' smocks spread over them.