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Then the light burned up clearly, and Shock held the splint above his

head, and we looked round

"There ain't no jacket here," said Shock dolefully "What did yer say

bread and meat for?" he continued, as the match burned out and he threw

it down "It's ry I could eat a bit o' you"

"I can't understand it, Shock," I said

"I wish I'd got sos," he muttered "I could eat

'em raw"

"Don't," I said with a shudder

"I knowed a chap once who eat two live frogs Put 'eue--

little uns, you know--and sed 'e about inside him after Wasn't he a brute?"

"Don't talk toabout the wall, with my

head in a state of confusion "I know I had the jacket in here"

"Have you got it on?" he said

"No--no--no! I hung it on a bit of sharp stone that stuck out of the

wall so in

the dark I don't knohich is front and which is back now"

"Front's where the soft sand is," said Shock