"With the help of a little oil, I fancy the steel will cut through the iron.

Yesterday I tapped the edge of my knife against the edge of the stone parapet--it is good steel, but very brittle--and I managed to make a pretty fair saw of it.

Tomorrow I will do yours, if you like." All carried clasp knives for cutting their food with, when serving in the field.

They had oil which they had bought for dressing salads with, and Fergus at once attacked one of the rivets.
"It cuts," he said, after three or four minutes' work.

"Of course it will be a long job, but we ought to do it in a week.