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"Oh, if Mr. Clawbonny were only here!" said Johnson.
"What could he do?" asked Altamont.
"Oh, he'd manage to get us out somehow."
"How, pray?" said the American, crossly.
"If I knew that I should not need him. However, I know what his advice just now would be."
"What?"
"To take some food; that can't hurt us. What do you say, Mr. Altamont?"
"Oh, let's eat, by all means, if that will please you, though we're in a ridiculous, not to say humiliating, plight."
"I'll bet you we'll find a way out after dinner."