“Ah, it does look like it. You must save that. You have your glasses with you?”
“Yes,” said the doctor. “Want them?”
“Please. I want to look round.”
The doctor slipped the strap of the case over his head and passed it to his friend.
“Give a look at the mules and ponies,” he said. “If there’s anything wrong they’ll seem uneasy.”
“Snake in the grass, eh?”
“Yes.”
“All right.—I say, you within there, what have you shot?”
“Don’t know yet,” replied Chris. “Ned thought he saw a thumping great rattler.”
“Did he?”