But it was useless effort.

He could not pull it up.

And again he ran to the cliff, crawled out and peered over at the dangling and by no means silent Bobby.
"Hey there, Jimmy! Pull me up! Hurry!" shouted Bobby.
"I can't! I can't budge you! Oh, Bobby, what are we going to do ?" "If you can't pull me up, let me down!" Bobby was growing impatient.

"I can't stand this much longer.

The line is cutting me in two." "Try to climb up the line," suggested Jimmy, the idea striking him as a bright one.