“I’ll show you, sir,” said the man, quietly. “First thing is to make up the fire.”
“For him to see? Yes; that’s right.”
“Man couldn’t see the fire many yards away in the wood, Mr Rob, sir. I meant for us, so as to roast a bit of that deer, if the lion’ll let us have it.”
“I must do something to help Mr Brazier!” said Rob, angrily.
“That’s helping him, my lad—having a good meal to make us strong. After that we’ll have a good sleep to make us rested.”
“Oh, no! no!” cried Rob, angrily.
“But I say yes, yes, yes, sir!” said Shaddy, firmly. “I know what you feel, my lad, and it’s quite nat’ral; but just hark ye here a moment. Can we do anything to find him in that black darkness to-night?”
“No,” said Rob, in despair; “it is, I know, impossible.”
“Quite right, my lad. Then as soon as it’s daylight oughtn’t we to be ready to go and help him?”
“Of course, Shaddy.”