Now then, don't fidget.

If the stone goes, you'd still hold on by the rope, and I should be left sitting there all the same.

I shouldn't do it if I didn't feel that I could.

I'm not a bit nervous, so hold on." "Very well," said Mike breathlessly: "I've got you." "Ready ?" "Yes." Vincent Burnet did not hesitate, but, with a quick movement, turned himself right over, dragging heavily upon the rope, though, and making his companion draw in his breath through his closed teeth with a hissing sound.
"There I am," said Vince coolly.

"I could slip down into the place if I liked, but I won't try; so just ease the rope, inch by inch, as I shuffle myself lower.