See, they have some rabbits they are going to cook.

That accounts for the shots we heard." Crouching down behind the bushes, the two Rovers watched the other party with interest.

A lively conversation was going oh between Dan Baxter and the former teacher of Putnam Hall, but they were too far off to catch anything of what was said.
"What do you propose doing next ?" asked Sam, after a pause of several minutes.

"It's mighty cold here." "We may as well retreat, Sam.

We don't want to expose ourselves, do we ?" "I don't suppose it would do any good--although I'm not afraid of Baxter, or Grinder either." "It isn't that.