[McTeague by Frank Norris]@TWC D-Link bookMcTeague CHAPTER 22 26/30
We ain't ever going to get outa here." "Done for ?" murmured the other, looking about stupidly.
"Done for, that's the word.
Done for? Yes, I guess we're done for." "What are we going to do NOW ?" exclaimed Marcus, sharply, after a while. "Well, let's--let's be moving along--somewhere." "WHERE, I'd like to know? What's the good of moving on ?" "What's the good of stopping here ?" There was a silence. "Lord, it's hot," said the dentist, finally, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand.
Marcus ground his teeth. "Done for," he muttered; "done for." "I never WAS so thirsty," continued McTeague.
"I'm that dry I can hear my tongue rubbing against the roof of my mouth." "Well, we can't stop here," said Marcus, finally; "we got to go somewhere.
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