23/28 He has been showing me." "Well, do you think you can be content with our rough life ?" "Oh, I say, father!" cried Nic protestingly, "don't talk to me like that! Like it? Why, I love it already." "Don't be too enthusiastic, my boy," said the doctor, clapping him on the shoulder. See what a journey it is to civilisation." "Bother civilisation!" cried Nic. "That means me being away from home with people who don't care for me." "You should make people care for you," said the doctor gravely. |