CHAPTER VI

THE CAMP IT was five days before the cart returned from Meerim Flat with its load of stores, during which time Wally overhauled the camp gear carefully, making sure that tent and tarpaulins and ground-sheets were in order, sharpening the axe they carried in the car, and giving the faithful Singer itself a thorough overhaul. Personal belongings were simple, though Mrs. Jerrold hovered over Norah’s packing like a fussy old mother-hen, insisting on sufficient changes of raiment—apparently convinced that the explorers …