the old indian s spare figure you can sit down on a flat place yes but if there s no flat place p there are here and roots and sharp things he answered one needs to be a camp stool and fold up to accommodate to such circumstances at all events it s much better than it would be at the top of the hill argued mrs you mean it would be worse there than here ma am i deny it it s here than it was at � i thought was such a nice place returned the lady you always say it was so much than any place in england i only said so of its society madam there if i haven t been sitting on a flint stone i which accounts for the of your observed how do you know that the professor will not discover it to be an ancient flint instrument � it s ia i the action of le it the place for that ix ts u a from a thorn not a of air i and lie wiped his forehead with a it always struck me said the professor that the ancient taking their meals as they did and resting on one elbow must have suffered a good deal from which should make us forgive them much remarked for the crime of invented the latin language for one thing what do you sa p i it answered the boy i think it s capital has not begun latin yet said mr hastily that will all come in due time he thought you referred to the so you like it do you my child he continued softly the pure air and the sunshine eh yes it s very nice lie said there was no air a moment ago muttered mrs scornfully he sees everything through that child s eyes a very rose coloured medium at all events observed mr who perceived that mr had overheard her i wish i saw everything through my child s eyes only miss s are not rose coloured observed smiling i beg her pardon but as a painter and on a question of tint i must be allowed to express that opinion if is so brilliant after one glass of champagne what will he be when he has finished lunch remarked one moment miss don t move i beg he stooped forward and seizing something which she had not noticed on her foot threw it into the air and out of sight lor i what was that a � a as we call it in i exclaimed mrs to whose tongue the champagne had perhaps given some well i am sure i don t wonder at its having occurred to her in my country it s thought to be an omen of good fortune or what ladies think to be so that last of your wife s is not very complimentary to you observed mr whose son s enjoyment of the feast had put in high good humour but i don t believe it was a as you call it at all observed mrs i believe it was a snake a snake exclaimed mr with horror jumping to his feet and clasping his boy in his arms no no it was only a said mr i threw it away because thought it might frighten the ladies my dear one would really think it had been a i said it was a likely spot for remarked the professor quietly if any one gets bitten i should like to see the effect of i ve got a little bottle of it at the hotel along j i ll take yo and things to the op of the exclaimed mr and wi ft m tbe word if tlie professor likes to sacrifice in tlie of science let him you shall not he its victim did you ever see any one so observed mrs to mr well really madam i don t know returned that gentleman if there are i don t consider them a good substitute even at a for soup or fish what do you say mr i think we had better go said i shall stay where i am said mrs with equal firmness there was a moment of general hesitation the influence of authority was very great but in the end that of fear prevailed in five minutes the whole party had shifted their quarters to the summit of the except the professor and his wife that lady had made a great mistake in putting her to a test so but having made it she stuck to her colours to have gone with the rest � to sink from to camp � would have been humiliation indeed i am really very sorry said that mrs should have been left behind j it seems like her she is not left out in the cold at all events observed mr i one couldn t breathe down there she thoroughly deserves it for her obstinacy remarked mrs she was really afraid of for i saw her her feet up and sitting all in a as we came away only she wouldn t own that she was wrong in having counter ordered my directions i confess i am only sorry for the poor professor oh he won t hurt said mr he will adopt some scientific means of defence against set fire to the grass all round him probably that will be nice lor mrs remarked miss and will make it ever so much warmer put in mr there will be as well as there presently suggested i am afraid there was a great deal of laughter at the lady s expense and very little sympathy expressed lor her except by who again said i am very sorry there was no doubt that the change of locality was a great improvement the view was magnificent and after the were disposed of the two young 