We may rise in better spirits, and continue our examination in the morning." To this proposal there was no objection on the part of either Caspar or Ossaroo.

On the contrary, the mention of supper--both being very hungry--had caused them to start to their feet with remarkable alacrity; and Karl, taking the lead, they followed him, Fritz in turn following them.
On arriving at their hut, supper was cooked and eaten, with that zest which hunger always gives, even to the coarsest viands; and, having carried out the remaining part of the programme which Karl had suggested--that is, the offering up a prayer for success on the morrow-- the trio sought their grass-covered couches with a feeling of renewed hopefulness..