It will be slow work, but I can keep the path better if I go at my own pace." Ralph agreed, and they proceeded in this manner for some time.
"I don't think we are on the track now," Ralph said at last.
"Oh, yes, we are," the officer replied confidently.
Ralph stooped and felt the ground.

"The grass is very short," he observed, "but it is grass." The officer followed his example.
"Oh, it is only a track now," he said.

"Just a footpath, and the grass is not worn off.

I am convinced we are right." "Well," Ralph said, "just go a little way to the right and left, and see if the grass gets longer.

It seems to me all the same." The officer did so, and was obliged to own that he could not perceive any difference.