“As far as there was anywhere to look about?”
“Yes, sir. Don’t you remember you could only go right on into the hole or come back again? You couldn’t climb up the sides without somebody had gone up there first with a rope and let it down to you.”
“Yes, that’s right, Mark,” said Dean. “Yes, I suppose so,” replied Mark, “but I wanted that poor old fellow to have the soup. It might have been the means of saving his life.”
Dan shook his head solemnly. Mark made no observation about that, but went on: “Look here, Dan, somebody must have been there and helped him.”
Dan shook his head again solemnly. “Did you try to tell Mak about it?”
“Yes, sir, as well as I could.”
“But do you think you made him understand you?”
“Yes, sir; I think he did.”
“And what did he say?”
“Nothing, sir. Only shook his head, just like that.”