[ { "chunk": 122, "story": 23, "summary": "In camp Mitchell recalls a pub he had to leave without paying, the rope he carried to lower his things, and the revolver he kept while waiting for a mate to send a pound.", "predicament": "A man down to his last possessions waits for an old mate to send money, with nothing else between him and despair." }, { "chunk": 123, "story": 23, "summary": "A stranger in the other bed woke as he raised the window and asked to borrow the rope, so the two teamed up to lower their swags.", "predicament": "Two strangers each planning to slip away from what they owe discover each other and agree to join forces on the spot." }, { "chunk": 124, "story": 23, "summary": "The shadow catching the swags was the landlord, who asked why they had not simply told him they were broke, then fed them and sent them off with supplies.", "predicament": "Caught sneaking away from a debt, a man is asked why he did not simply admit he was broke, and is helped instead." } ]