What do you say to that ?" Julius looks only sorry the business is not to begin at once.
Then the tramp and he go carefully into the plan of their little campaign, and, as soon as day dawns, go out for a walk, Julius taking care before quitting the shed to acquaint himself with the scent of the two gentlemen who had lately sheltered outside it.
The tramp spends a quiet day on the mountain, reading Homer, and admiring the view.

Towards nightfall he descends to Overstone and spends a few of his remaining pence in a frugal meal.

Then, as the moon dips behind the shoulder of Wild Pike, he betakes himself, with the faithful Julius close at his heels, to the shed on the mountain-side..