"An' if you don't mind troublin', I'm hungry.

I fetched some biscuits along, but they're gone.

Venters, this place is sure the wonderfullest ever seen.
Them cut steps on the slope! That outlet into the gorge! An' it's like climbin' up through hell into heaven to climb through that gorge into this valley! There's a queer-lookin' rock at the top of the passage.

I didn't have time to stop.

I'm wonderin' how you ever found this place.
It's sure interestin'." During the preparation and eating of dinner Lassiter listened mostly, as was his wont, and occasionally he spoke in his quaint and dry way.
Venters noted, however, that the rider showed an increasing interest in Bess.