"Oh, we can't wait that long," his comrade immediately objected.
"N—o, I s'pose we can't. Wal, anyhow, I'll go hunt up a snack of somethin'."
"Don't bring nothin' but doughnuts an' cheese," Eleazer bellowed after him. "We can munch on them while walkin' to the beach."
The stroll to Crocker's Cove was not a hilarious one, even May Ellen's twisted crullers failing to stimulate Elisha's rapidly ebbing strength. With each successive step his spirits dropped lower and lower.
"You walk like as if you was chief mourner at your own funeral, 'Lish," Eleazer fretted. "We'll never make the Cove if you don't brace up."
"My shoes kinder pinch me."
"Walk on your toes."
"It's my toes that hurt."
"Walk on your heels then. Walk anywhere that's most comfortable, only come along."