we fill them again? Can we tell that?”
No; there was no certainty.
“Well, let us allow the water to run on. It will flow down, and will both guide and refresh us.”
“That is well planned,” I cried. “With this stream for our guide, there is no reason why we should not succeed in our undertaking.”
“Ah, my boy! you agree with me now,” cried the Professor, laughing.
“I agree with you most heartily.”
“Well, let us rest awhile; and then we will start again.”
I was forgetting that it was night. The chronometer soon informed me of that fact; and in a very short time, refreshed and thankful, we all three fell into a sound sleep.