"You an' me, Henry, when we die, we'll be lucky if we get enough stones over our carcasses to keep the dogs off of us."
"But we ain't got people an' money an' all the rest, like him," Henry rejoined. "Long-distance funerals is somethin' you an' me can't exactly afford."
"What gets me, Henry, is what a chap like this, that's a lord or something in his own country, and that's never had to bother about grub nor blankets, why he comes a-buttin' round the God-forsaken ends of the earth—that's what I can't exactly see."
"He might have lived to a ripe old age if he'd stayed to home," Henry agreed.
Which inference can be made based on this passage?
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Henry says, "He might have lived to a ripe old age if he'd stayed to home." This implies no one who comes to the wilderness lives a long life.
Henry says, "But we ain't got people an' money an' all the rest, like him." This implies Henry and Bill want to leave the coffin because the dead man does not deserve a funeral.
Bill says, "[W]e'll be lucky if we get enough stones over our carcasses to keep the dogs off of us." This implies he is considering that he and Henry may die in the wilderness.
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The inference that can be made based on the passage is:
Bill says, "[W]e'll be lucky if we get enough stones over our carcasses to keep the dogs off of us." This implies he is considering that he and Henry may die in the wilderness.
This statement reflects the harsh reality of their situation in the wilderness and suggests that they are aware of the dangers they face, which could lead to their own deaths.
