“Neither do I!” said West. “But we did not know how we were to get into Mafeking! Still we did it, and we’re going to do this somehow.”
“Ah, somehow!”
“Look here,” said West, after another glance back at their pursuers: “do you think you could put matters in a blacker light if you were to try?”
“To be frank, old fellow,” said Ingleborough, laughing, “I really don’t think I could!”
“No more do I!”
“But look here: it’s as well always to look the blackest side full in the face. Then you know the worst at once, and can act accordingly. Hooray! One to us!” shouted Ingleborough, glancing back.
“What is it? I see one of the enemy broken down and another pulled up to help him. It’s two to us.”
“There, you see now the good of looking at the worst of it.”
“It’s quite cheering!” cried West.
“Not very, for the rest are making a spurt.”