"I thought you'd want to unpack your things and get settled." "Haven't much time to get settled," he laughed.

"I have an engagement in New York the day after to-morrow.

How about the cave?
Is it too late to visit it now ?" "Well," I said dubiously, "it's ten miles across the mountains and pretty heavy roads.

It would be dark before we got there." "As far as that goes, we could visit the cave at night as well as in the daytime.

But I want to examine the neighborhood and interview some of the people; so I suppose," he added with an impatient sigh, "we'll have to wait till morning.