“The outside of it isn’t a boat at all,” the kid grumbled.
I said, “Well, if it hasn’t got an outside how can it have an inside? That shows how much you know about geometry.”
“Outside this boat, is that a boat?” he yelled.
“Absolutely, positively,” I said. “For goodness’ sake pick up that rag under your feet and wash your face with it. You brought all the mud from the bottom of the outlet along with you. You look like a mud-pie.”
“Will you keep still about pie!” he hollered. “How long are we going to sit here like a lot of fools? Just because we made a crazy resolution——”
“Our honor is at stake,” Brent said.
“Look at Sandwich, he went home,” the kid grumbled.
“How can I look at him then?” I said. “Anyway he didn’t vow any vow.”
Then Hervey started singing:
“We vowed a vow,