"How many such days as this can we endure ?"--they said.

We had them count the days gone by, and look around to see the roughest part of the road was now behind them.

They said that only five days had passed, and that two thirds of the distance still remained untraveled, and they knew they could never endure even another five day's work like the last.

We told them to be brave, and be encouraged, for we had been over the road and knew what it was, and that we felt sure of being able to do it nicely.

They were fed in bed as usual, and there they lay till morning.