How terrible it looks down there!" I raised my voice and shouted.

Almost immediately there came an answer.
"I am here, my friends, in the middle of a bush.

I dare not move.

It is so dark I cannot see where to put my foot.

Can you lower me a lantern, and I will see if I can climb up ?" Grooton hastened back to the cottage.
"I think you will be all right," I cried out.