At last the engineer jumped from the sledge and overtook his companion.
"Hold on, Jean," he cried.

"I've got enough.

You're right, and I want to apologize.

We're busted--that is, the dogs and I are busted, and we might as well give it up until we've had a feed.

What do you say ?" "I say that you have stopped just in time, M'seur," replied Croisset with purring softness.