17/49 Before the day ends we will be in great straits, enduring agonies from thirst!" "Let us not meet the devil half-way," he rejoined. He preferred the unfair retort to a confession which could only foster dismay. He was only too conscious of the impish weakness, common to all mankind, which creates a desire out of sheer inability to satisfy it. Already his own throat was parched. The excitement of the early struggle was in itself enough to engender an acute thirst. |