He pulled and tugged, but it took him a good half-hour, and by that time he felt very tired.
"My clothes must be precious dirty," he said to himself.

"At any rate, my hands are.

I wonder where the pump is.

But then it won't do to pump; it'll make too much noise.

Oh, here's some water in the trough." Dick succeeded in getting some of the dirt off his hands, which he dried on his handkerchief.