"No reason why we should be, at that, is there? Do you think we'll ever find Arite?"
"Don't overlook the fact we've got six more pills to take here," called the Big Business Man.
"That's just what I was considering," said the Doctor thoughtfully. "There's no use our doing anything until we have attained the right size. Those hills and the forest and river we are looking for might be here right at our feet and we couldn't see them while we are as big as this."
"We'd better take the pills and stay right here until their action wears off. I'm going to take a sleep," said the Big Business Man.
"I think we might as well all sleep," said the Doctor. "There could not possibly be anything here to harm us."
They each took the six additional pills without further words. Physically exhausted as they were, and with the artificial drowsiness produced by the drug, they were all three in a few moments fast asleep.
CHAPTER XVII
THE WELCOME OF THE MASTER
It was nearly twelve hours later, as their watches showed them, that the first of the weary adventurers awoke. The Very Young Man it was who first opened his eyes with a confused sense of feeling that he was in bed at home, and that this was the momentous day he was to start his journey into the ring. He sat up and rubbed his eyes vigorously to see more clearly his surroundings.