"We can't eat and sleep up here.

Don't you think that if we were all to shout out together, we could make some neighbor hear ?" "Oh yes!" I said, "there is no doubt of it.

But then, if a neighbor came, the dog would fall on him--" "And tear him limb from limb," interrupted Euphemia.
"Yes, and besides, my dear, I should hate to have any of the neighbors come and find us all up here.

It would look so utterly absurd.

Let me try and think of some other plan." "Well, please be as quick as you can.