When he thought it well he would tell them, and they could afford to wait until then.
The day was as perfect in its way as its predecessor.

The blue sky showed only a few fleecy clouds at wide intervals, and the sun shone with a strength that made its warmth perceptible even in that elevated region.

The boys began to feel impatient to be moving.

A good many days yet remained to them, but they were all too few to satisfy their longing for the inspiriting life they had entered upon with so much zest.
As the three stood, the backs of Jack and Fred were toward the cavern, in which the fire had been burning, while the hunter faced them.

He now turned and looked off over the wild, precipitous mountains by which they were surrounded.