"Or stop at any o' yore line-camps?"
"No, we didn't. We come here soon as we could make it."
"What part o' the Sink was Loudon workin' in?"
"The north side."
"Near the edge, o' course?"
"No, he was nearer the middle."
"Nearer the middle, was he? An' yuh seen him at a distance o' three or four miles. Yuh must have good eyesight, because if you seen Loudon workin' in the middle o' the Sink an' you was standin' where yuh say yuh was, yuh looked through about two miles an' a half o' solid earth. The middle o' the Sink is two hundred feet below the level o' the surrounding country, an' there ain't no high land anywhere near it. Unless yo're standin' right on the edge yuh can't see nothin' in the bottom, an' the Sink is only about a mile from rim to rim. I guess now yo're mistaken, Marvin."
"I ain't none shore he was plumb in the middle," grudgingly admitted Marvin. "Maybe he was kind o' near the north rim. But what's the difference?" he added, brazenly. "We seen him."
"Where are the field glasses?" astutely questioned Richie.
"Left 'em at our Lazy River line-camp," promptly replied Marvin.