One of the themes of "the interlopers" is that nature can be severe and unkind. below, select the two best sentences that support the central idea that nature can be severe and unkind.

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sweating in the heat, we had lost the whole day, dreading to be buried alive in the drifting sand.

besides, the infidel was known to carry money, a sum that camp-fire talk had inflated to large proportions.

sand in the scanty food, sand in the brackish water--water that was drunk lukewarm from a clammy, loathsome water skin.

lulled by the soft music of the brook, in infinite content, i sank back on to the soft carpets, and was soon in a dreamless slumber.