"
"We can try, Tom; but I've seen such a beautiful country in my dream.
I reckon we are going there."
"Maybe not, maybe not. Cheer up, Becky, and let's go on trying."
They rose up and wandered along, hand in hand and hopeless. They tried
to estimate how long they had been in the
cave, but all they
knew was
that it seemed days and weeks, and yet it was plain that this could not
be, for their candles were not gone yet.