"Idiot!" said Daphne shortly.

"Do I hear aright?" said Berry.

"I said 'idiot.'"

Berry covered his face with his hat, and begged us to excuse his
emotion. Daphne stamped her foot.

"I have an idea," said I.

"If it's one of your usual ones, we don't want it," said Daphne.

"Thank you, dear. We are undoubtedly lost. No, that is not my
idea. But, as a would-have-been boy-scout, I recognize in this
spot a natural camping-place. That water is close at hand, we
know from Scout Berry. Jonah can take the first watch, Berry the
second, Jonah the third, and- and so on. My own energy I shall
reserve for the dog-watch."

"Oh, stop him, somebody," wailed Daphne.

"I said dog-watch, dear, not stop-watch. Before we bivouac I
will scale yon beetling mount if peradventure I may perceive one
that will point us homeward. Scout Berry!"

"Sir," said Berry.

"You know your duties!"