4/21 "After a bit we shall be able to step through that dark hole as easily as can be." "Yes, and in half the time. It's all very well to bounce, but it was queer work coming down." "I don't bounce, Ladle; I felt squirmy enough. Of course you couldn't help feeling creepy when you didn't know where you were going next." "Well, I daresay you felt so too." "Of course I did," continued Vince. "I expected to put my foot in a great crack every minute, and fall right through to Botany Bay." "Yes," said Mike seriously. "There's something about being in the dark that is queer." "Till you get used to it," said Vince, jumping up, with his boots laced. |