"I suppose the people sitting in the other areas are quite out of luck, now aren't they?"

Because just as it's obvious that truly testing for safety would require that, it's also very obvious that Childermass isn't all that keen on moving around. It doesn't have anything to do with laziness, either (though certain gentlemen back in London would assume so; a good thing their opinions never counted).

He managed to get to the main tent, if only to keep an eye on Strange. Anything more than that, well, he doesn't actually want to admit weakness, so here we are.