'WHAT a day I'm having!' he said.
'Let us start at once!'
'Hold hard a minute, then!' said the Rat.
He looped the painter through a ring in his landing-stage, climbed up into his hole above, and after a short interval reappeared staggering under a fat, wicker luncheon-basket.
'Shove that under your feet,' he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat.
Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
'What's inside it?' asked the Mole, wriggling with curiosity.
There's cold chicken inside it,' replied the Rat briefly; 'coldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkinssaladfrenchrollscresssandwichespottedmeatgingerbeerlemonadesodawater--'
'O stop, stop,' cried the Mole in ecstacies: 'This is too much!'
'Do you really think so?' enquired the Rat seriously.