John sat down on one of the ant-heaps, and Jess took up her position on the other, and there they remained, like pelicans in the wilderness, watching the daylight fade out of the day.
"Don't you think that we had better sit together ?" suggested John feebly.

"It would be warmer, you see." "No, I don't," answered Jess snappishly.

"I am very comfortable as I am." Unfortunately, however, this was not the exact truth, for already poor Jess's teeth were chattering with cold.

Soon, indeed, weary as they were, they found that the only way to keep their blood moving was to tramp continually up and down.

After an hour and a half of this exercise, the breeze dropped and the temperature became more suitable to their lightly clad, half-starved, and almost exhausted bodies.