inside the maze; and I promise you the first thing I do shall be to make a proper plan of it with the lines marked out for you to go by.” “That’s what's wanted, sir,” said Clutterham, “some one to draw out a plan and keep it by them. It might be very awkward, you see, any one getting into that place and a shower of rain come on, and them not able to find their way out again; it might be hours before they could be got out, without you’d permit of me makin’ a short cut to the middle: what my meanin’ is, takin’ down a couple of trees in each ’edge in a straight line so as you could git a clear view right through. Of course that'd do away with it as a maze, but I don’t know as you'd approve of that.”
“No, I won’t have that done yet: I'll make a plan first, and let you have a copy. Later on, if we find occasion, I'll think of what you say.”
Humphreys was vexed and ashamed at the fiasco of the afternoon, .and could not be satisfied without making another effort that evening to reach the centre of the maze. His irritation was increased by finding it without
