“But we got used to it, and we must get used to this. More tea?”
“No, thank you.”
“Then I’m off.”
With the jug partly emptied, Rifle was able to run to the open part, where Man greeted him with:
“I say, what a while you’ve been. See some game over yonder?”
“No; but Tim thought there were savages in that bit of wood.”
“What! and you two went to see?”
“Yes.”
“You were stupid. Why, they might have speared you.”
“Yes; but being a sentry, Tim thought we ought to search the trees and see, and being so brave we went to search the place.”