Then other two slabs were dragged away, to lay bare a roughly squared hole six feet across, from which the water could be easily drawn up.
"That communicates with our shaft, then ?" said Denham to me in a questioning tone.
"No doubt," I said.

"I dare say there are tunnels running in several directions.

Did you tell the Colonel about the gold ?" "Not yet," he replied.

"He thinks a good deal more about the water now than he would do about gold.

But, I say, do you think it will be good drinking-water ?" "Certainly," I said.