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`` Then we wo n't have to heat water , '' Dick announced . `` Each fellow can bathe his feet in cold water before turning in . But , when one 's feet ache , or are blistered , then a wash in piping hot water is the thing to take out the ache . '' By nine o'clock all hands began to feel somewhat drowsy , for the day had been warm , and , at last , these youngsters were willing to admit that their road work had been as strenuous as they needed . `` But to-morrow we 'll do twenty-five miles , '' Dave insisted . `` My opinion is that we 'll do well if we make twenty miles to-morrow , '' Dick rejoined . `` But what are we going to do now ? ''