But, I say, though, we might try and get to the end of that cave, just to see how far it goes." "Ugh! It's bad enough going through a dark hole with a stone floor." "Till you're used to it.

See how we came down this morning." "Yes, but we weren't wading through cold, black water, with all kinds of live things waiting to make a grab at you." "Nonsense! If there were any things there they'd soon scuttle out of our way." "Ah, you don't know," said Mike.

"In a place like this they grow big because they're not interfered with.

Those were the biggest seals I ever saw." "Yes, they were tidy ones.

The biggest, I think." "Yes, and there may be suckers there.