“Don’t look very nice, Scar, does it?”
“Not at all. Shall we give it up?”
“If we do, as soon as we get home, we shall say what cowards we were.”
“Yes, I shall,” replied Scarlett, “but, all the same, I don’t want to go down. Do you?”
“No.”
“And you don’t want me to go alone?”
“No, I don’t think so. Here, Scar, don’t let’s give ourselves a chance to call ourselves cowards. I’ll go, if you will.”
“I don’t want to go, but I will, if you will. Come along.”
The hesitation was gone.
“I’ll go first,” said Scar, “because you have been down, but I suppose we must be careful so as not to loosen any stones.”