"That settles it--"
"Of course."
"Because what you think and say, you must also act," the man
continued. "If you promise yourself a thing, and then don't do it,
you've simply told a lie." And he drew another sigh. He scented action
coming.
"Let's go at once and find it," said Tim, putting a text-book into
seven words. He hitched his belt up, and looked round to make sure his
sisters were not within reach of interference. There was a moment's
pause, during which Uncle Felix hitched his will up. They rose, then,
standing side by side. They left the room arm in arm on their way into
the garden. The dusk was already laying its first net of shadows to
catch the Night.
"Hadn't you better change first?" asked Tim, thoughtfully, on his way
down. He glanced at his companion's white flannel suit. "You're so
awfully visible."
"Visible!" It was not his bulk. Tim was never deliberately rude. Was
it the risk of staining that he meant?
"Any one can see you miles away like that."
The other understood instantly. In an adventure everything sees,
everything has eyes, everything watches. The world is alive and full
of eyes.
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