There he stretched his hands to the blaze sod went on: "As I say, the 'fill' is safe and will stay so, for the water is going down rapidly; dropped ten feet, Breen, since you left.

My!--but this fire feels good! Got into something dry--did you, Breen?
That's right.

But I am not satisfied about the way the down-stream end of the culvert acts"-- this also was addressed to Jack--"I am afraid some part of the arch has caved in.

It will be bad if it has--we shall know in the morning.

You weren't frightened, Puss, were you ?" She did not answer.