"I didn't," Toffee said. "Behind your back or anywhere else. I was too busy massaging my own...."
"Hissst!"
"Now what?" Marc asked.
"Hissst!"
"Stop that silly hisssting, will you?" Toffee said irritably. "You sound crazy. Probably look it, too."
"Who's hissting?" Marc asked. "I haven't made a sound."
"Hissst!"
Both of them were suddenly on their feet.
"Oh, mother!" Toffee moaned. "Snakes! We're in a pit of snakes. Just listen to the beasts. They're fairly lusting for us!"
"Moses!" Marc gasped. "We've been bitten and hissed at by snakes!"