We have got all our clothes dry, now, and it would be a pity to get them wet again, without need or profit.

Anyhow, we will find some more of those fir cones.

Our supply is nearly gone." In half an hour they had got sufficient to last them all day.

There was nothing for them then to do but sleep, one or other keeping watch, so as to prevent the chance of their being surprised.
Before lying down for the night, Roger looked out.
"Methinks that the rain has stopped, though it would be difficult to say, for the drops keep pattering down from the trees.

Well, I mightily hope that it will be a fine morning." Oswald was first upon his feet and, on going out, uttered an exclamation of satisfaction.