When he got to where they were, he began unfolding his secret, and they listened moodily till at last they saw the "point" he was driving at, and then they set up a warwhoop of applause and said it was "splendid!" and said if he had told them at first, they wouldn't have started away.
A két fiú érdeklődés nélkül hallgatta, míg ki nem derült, hová akar kilyukadni Tom. Ekkor aztán hatalmas csatakiáltással üdvözölték a tervet, és kijelentették, hogy kitűnő.