“I came along it after you had set the example,” said Bracy quietly.
“But you are a couple of years older than I am, and ought to know better.”
“I was not going to show the white feather after what you had done.”
“Same here,” said Roberts sharply.
“Oh, that was it—eh? I was a boy to you, and you wouldn’t let me think you daren’t.”
“Something of that kind,” said Bracy.
“Humph!” said Drummond thoughtfully. “I suppose it was dangerous.”
“Of course it was,” replied Bracy. “You saw that the guide wouldn’t venture.”
“Yes; but that made me determined to do it. We can’t afford to let those chaps think we’re afraid to go anywhere. Come now—didn’t you two think something of that kind too?”
“Probably,” said Bracy.