He was careful to keep from Becky what it was he had seen.

He told her he had only shouted "for luck." But hunger and wretchedness rise superior to fears in the long run.
Another tedious wait at the spring and another long sleep brought changes.

The children awoke tortured with a raging hunger.

Tom believed that it must be Wednesday or Thursday or even Friday or Saturday, now, and that the search had been given over.

He proposed to explore another passage.