One could see by their coarse faces that they ate and drank too much; and they seemed determined to avoid discomfort at any cost.

I suppose they could shoot, but they could neither strip a gun nor carry it on a long day's march.

The last party thought it needful to take a teamload of supplies when they went north after moose.

It would have been a catastrophe if they had missed their dinner." "Going without one's dinner has its inconveniences," said George.
"And thinking too much about it has its perils," she retorted.
George nodded.

He thought he knew what she meant, and he agreed with it.