They've gone to look for water-cresses.

But I must tell you how I came to make this magnificent find.

We started out for a walk this morning, and we happened to hit on this place, and here we saw this gorgeous tent with nobody near but a little tow-headed boy." "Only a boy ?" cried Euphemia.
"Yes, a young shaver of about nine or ten.

I asked him what he was doing here, and he told me that this tent belonged to a gentleman who had gone away, and that he was here to watch it until he came back.

Then I asked him how long the owner would probably be away, and he said he supposed for a day or two.