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African words and names 

.bayete! 

Bangela 

Barolong 

Bhoya 

Dabula 

DFtmbuza 

Dingiswayo 

Gubuza 

Lithele 

.Lobengula, 

lobola 

Mat bele 

Mnandi 

If.oshesh 

zi ikazi 

komozi 

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Ntongolwane 

No- fonti 

The.be foho 

Chaka 

Dingaan 

induna 
I nzwinyeni 
Kunena 

Rauv·e 

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Mar.e, of Dutch chPracters 

KP ?r J ensen 

Kc 

S1 <>fan 

01.d Johannes 

'lartinus Van s 

Paul 

Jafta Eezuidenhout 

Karel Elst 

Piet Retief 

H~ndrik fotgieter 

Uonnie Joubert 

ietcr de ·e lke 

HRnnah Steenkamp 

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Boois by Pe t er Abrahams 

D r k Testa:nent 

Song of t he City 

.fine :Boy 

The Eat h of Thunder 

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WILD COL .D""EST 

by Pe ter Abr aha.l!ls 

HARP~R & BROT:Ei:8RS FtJBLISHBRS 

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(Title) ,!I t 'O •10NQ.u.IDS1 

Copyright,1950 ' by P9t er Ab:r~s 

Printed in the United States of America 

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• I• 

This book is for tne South Africans, 
who may fu.lfi old Mkomozi 's dream a.&:1d 
~·Perh.l.,b)ii, in "the ages to come ••• · " build 
in hope instead of fear, Jive with love 
i nsu~a<i of hate. 

It is also 1·or Dllsty and Lyle. 

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For ercy, l ity, Peace and Love, 
Is rOd t our father ear, 
nd e rcy , fty, ~eac~ and Love , 

Is an, hi-., child and care. 

or l!er cy -hn.a a 
ity human a c e , 
d Love, t e hu an 

And eac, the hu 

n heart, 

form ivine, 
dre s • 

• Innocence/ 

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ruel t y has a Human 'car· , 
lrn Jeal uey alum~ Fae; 
Terr r the Hu an 1. oro i vine , 
And. S ereoy the Hum n ress. 

The Hume.n Dresf is f r e Ir 
·r e Hu n Form a fi ry or e , 

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'he Hum.n face Furna.a seal ' 
1'he human " ear t it s .hung1·y ' r 

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s ace , held between nothing a nd nothing , there 

floats a golden ball . Not only is it golden . It is blue as well , 

and red , and g reen , and brown , and gr y . Touch gold and bil. ti ~ and 

brown 
CJ, I touch them with love there red a nd green and and gr y - and 

M 
i s poetry . 

Such is our earth . 

And high , ve ry high up i n the mountains an old man broods 

over t he earth . For wan t of knowledge we call him Wind . Eternally 

he sits up there ann sighs and whispers, and , eternally, from 

age to age we hear his wh isper and do not understand . 

When the moon passes and the beasts a re asleep , he whispers 

Sometimes softly , some times loudly , but he whispers . 'vVhen the 

brightest and best of the stars of the morning come out , he 

whisper.s , t ·enderly . When noonday sits high in the sky , he 

whispers in a voice a l mos t beyond the reach of h ea ring . 

The mount a ins respond to his whisper . The valleys p ick u 

the echoes . The swaying giass - blades dance to its mus ic . The 
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brown-gr y earth rolls over to listen . And t he sky , the peerless 

sky , is partner with the whispering old man . 

Only ~an is on the outside , alone and out of touch , no t a 

part of this pre - conceived , preP.lanned order . Only man , poised 
_____ ,_, .... q. ,,. -- . - - - -:_po ~ 

between nothing and nothing , is the equal of the golden ballo Only 

. m~n , 1pe~weenµ:~ness -:d .dar~nes~ , ~nows n;t t he meaning of the ~- 7 whispering voice . o , only man is alone , haunte~ by fear and the 

echoes that flow from fear . 

The golden ball , which is tr1e earth , vrhi ch is poetry and 

love, looks on whi l e man grapples with his fear . 

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[ The v is i b l e par t s of the man 's body ~ad been burnt to a 

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r eddish- brown . Hi s fa ir ha i r had lost i t s or i g ina l col rand turned 

a reddish- bruwn .t oo . Indeed , he was all r edd1sn - b r0wn , ev e n to the 

whi t es of h i s eyes . The run and a i r a nd rain and ear t h h ad t rans -
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:f'(v6\ned him into as n ear ear t h -c ol c ' r as pos s ible . Perhaps i n a 

t h ous and y ears his ch ildren woul d be so t r an sformed by s un a nd 

earth and a i r tha t they Jl OU l d have fl a t noses and full lips a n d 

kinky hair and dar k , v e r y dark c opp e r 4'colo red skibs. And per.nay s 

his daaght ers of a th ousand years h ence woul d hav e the b r oad h e a v y 

hips a nd pointed breas ts and r oun b l a c k 

women . Ferhap s . 

eyes of t he r i c an 

f ow , t h e reddish- brown ma n bent low over hi s saddle . His 
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rifle was at the rea dy , i t s fl i n t lock cocke d fo r f ir ing at an 
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ins t an t . He held i t more f i rmly t han he held h i s reins . 

Bo t h h orse ad man were on the a l ert . There was ten s ion in 

ev ery ripp le of t he horse ' s muscle s . His po inted ears were cock ed 

for t he s l i ght est n oise . n d he knew t he no ise , would recogni e t he 

s ~ish of t he d ead l y arrow t he momen t it wa s in fli ght . The t ension of 

horse and ma n flowed into each ot he r a nd were one . 

e ma n ' s e s sho t fr om lef t to right, s har ~l y , searching l y . 

On either s i de of t he a l most v anished tra c k grass a nd s h rub g rew 
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t hickly to the height of a t a l l man ' s ~a i s t, so tha t ride r a nd horse 

seemed to be swim~ing through a se a of g r a s s . nd the b lo od-flecked 

e'·es of the man were tra ined on t he fl ov1ing gra s s . The t a ll g ras s, and 

the s hrub s anri the ~ounds an 
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s, t h s e were t h e e n emy . e a t h 

reach d o t f roni t hem wi't h t wwift ness of controlled lightning . 

The po ison - t i-rp rl riart o lit tle Bu shman . The sharp , we ll ai:ned 

s1ear of a b l a c k warrior. Dea t h c a ne swiftly with the f a1ntAst of 

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, ,.,.., r a. monent t he "'1 n a l l owed h i ms e lf t he lmrru. r y f lif t ing 

hi s eyes from t he g r a ss . 0 1ick l y t hey sh ot into the a ir t o f ocu s 

on Kasper .Ja nsen ' mount i n a nd measur e t he di s t an ce . little 

whil e now , on l y a l i tt l e while n ow . In a l ittl e wh i l e ~ he woul d 

pas s be t ween t he t wo mount a ins t ha t sea l ed of f t h e val l ey from t h e 

flowing wilde r n ss a n he wou l d be safe . In a litt l whil now h e 

would se e the house a n t h e pe op le moving abou t , Only a li t tl e 

wh i le now . 

He t ur n ed his eyes t u t h e g r a s s aga in and · scanned it s ear chi ng ly , 

There . u s t b e no r e l ax ing . i s fingers ti ghte ned on t he trigge r of 

t he gu n . '.W/a tch ev ery b l a de of g r a s s , oos . I t mi g h t bot be t he wind 

t h a t mov es it. Test ev ery sound, Ko os . It may not be t h e wh ispering 

of t h wind , or a biid in a bush , or t h e sliding of a sna ke on its 

b e l l y . Wa tch an d list en a nd look a nd do not rel ax , Koos . 

He t ouched t h e horse ' s fl anks with his hee l s . The horse had 

sensed t h e nearness of home a nd s a fety a nd need ed no urg ing . It, too 

wan t ed t he protecti on of the v a lley . It g a t hered speed and aider and 

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h orse wen t flowing t hrough the t al l grass, still alert , still watching , 

still l istening . 

They had left t he l a s t farm as so on as it wa s light enou h for 

t h e stars to begin to lose their lu s tre . Now they were near home . 

On c e t h ey had s i ghted a band of rovin ' kaff ir s . They h a d made a 

long detour . Ano t her time t hey h a s seen bush move. r a re t hing be -

c use Bushmen are such wond erful hunt rs . we il-a i med shot had st o~ped 

the bush . Koos h a d dismounted and kicked t h e s h rubs away from t he b ody 
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of a fat , s h iny lit tl e Bu s hman . Ad then, as he h a d remounted , t he 

· horse h a d sud . enly ·t s hind l egs a nd ta@R sh ot away at 

breakneck ; spe ed . A fe w momen ts had d i s covered the deadly 

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Now they we re home . Ol d Johannes waved t o him . Johannes 

was the head of t he ~and of sl~v es who guarded t he entrance t o t he 

va lley . For the first time i n the long ride , a hand came away from t h i 

rif l e . Koos wa ve d ba ck . 

Jow there was time to rel ax; time t o sigh nd stra i gn ten your 

back; time to lift y our eye s from the treacherous g r ass and lo ok 

around you. Now there wa s time to breathe eas ily and freely . his 

hand crep t up the warm , damp neck of t he hors e . 

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.:.. . shack 

" Good B oy. You saved my life
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Boy . Good }3oy . We re h ome." 

A young slave .r an fo r wa rd a nd held t he horse's r e ins. Another 

to rub its " 1■ body down . Ol d Johanne s came f .r om toe littl e 

tha t wa s t he gua rd post with an earthe n bowl fil~ed with milk • 

Ko os lift e t he bowl, opened h i s parche d lips a nd a llowed the c ool 
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t h ick liquid to flow down hi s dry t hr oat. He handed the emp t y bowl 

to t he ol d slave a nd square d his shoulder s . 

The old s l av e ca lled out an or der and a y oung slav e ste ped 

forwa rd with a ",p i ece of rough ca nvas cloth . Vi t h this Johannes 

e a se d t he arr ow out of t ·1e s addle . He wra pped it in t he cloth and 

gijve it to Koos. 

"Did Baas Koos g e t him?" 

"I didn't see t he little b l a ck basta rd." 

tilt i s har d t o see t hem , Baas Toos ." 
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"I had seen ~one and s h ot him." 

"nd you g ot off t o look? ••• Tha t 

Koos noticed the •" you~ Sl aves nev e r addr s s ed t heir owners 

as '"you~ ·No t even pr ivil eged slaves like old J oh,..annes. 
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"You ca lled me ''you"'1, Johannes ." / 

Joha nn es s aw t he a nge r in t he white man's eyes a nd l owered his 

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the young ~ vho held t he re ins . 

" org ive me , my Baas ," H"ohamnes murmured with bent head . 

"It i s a privilege t ha t I would not t ake knowTing l y . The word came 

before my brain or tongue c ou l d stop i t. It means only , Baa s oos, 

tha t I , Baas Koos 's slave , am s o we l l treated t hat my l ove a nd 

res pect for Baas oos shows i tself wr ongly b ecause I am a dumb 

old man. " 

I wondeT if t hey kn ow what ' s g oing on in Cape Town , Koos 

thou ght . In t he past they a l ways s eemed to know wha t was hap pen ing 

in t he world l ong before the wh ite peopl e . Perhaps t hey know th i s 

too . Bett er ha ve a word wi t h Kaspe r ab out it . 

Hi s eyes moved to t he r ifle r a ck by t he side of the old 

shack . The six guns re sted in t heir place. Si x guns a ll in a row. 

nd beside t hem , t wo boxes of powder . He had always be en agains t 

the i dea of g i v i ng t he slaves a rms a nd t eaching them how to use 

them . But Kaspe r had s a i4 : 

can they defe nd t he en tr3,nce t o t h e v a lley una r med?" 

So they had bee -1 armed and t aught how t o shoot . And duri ng the 

number of kaffir rids Ka s p er had been proved r ig~t . But wha t now? 

Supp osing they knew what was go.ing on at Cape Town . Or if they 

d idn ' t know now, they would find out la t er, and wha t t he n? He saw 

old Johannes looking at him and t urned his head from t he guns . 

"All well at t he house?" 

"Yes , my Baas , all i s well at t he house . " 

"They know I am h ome?" 

"I sent a runner as soon a s I saw Baas Koos . " 

"Good . " 

Koos touch ed t he h orse ' s fl anks with his heels . The slave 

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look Koos rode off int o t he valley on h i s way home . 

The young s l a v e wh o had jumped out of the way wlenched h is 

fists and spat on the ground . 

ld Johannes smiled . 

" Tour b lood is too h ot, my son ." 

" _ ou are , y f a t her a nd I c an tall you "y ou' bu t you ma y :,iot 

him ' you~ " 

" Yes terday you thought it nat u r al , my son . " 

"I did not . 11 

"Bu t you s aid n othing . " 

"You teach us t o s ay nothi ng ." 

11 i ow you i gh or e my teach i ng . 11 

"If I did I wou l d h a v e pu l led h i off h is orse ." 

"Be pa ti e nt, my son . " 

"It is not t he s ame now ." 

"How do you kn ow? " 

" Ja n sa id so . He has just come from Cape Town ." 

" I t is b est t o wa it and see , my son . " 

"lways you tell u s to be p~ tient , f a t her. Is it t ha t you 

love being a s lave ?" 

"All your life you h a ve been a sla ve, my son. But I was free 

once . " 

" Or i s it tha t you a re old and do not care?" 

The old man moved quickly across t he space t ha t sepcuat ed 

him from h is son a nd struck him - e othe rs lo ked 

on while f a t her a nd son stared a t each othe r . At l a st the son 
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droppe . his eyes and half-turned a way fronyhi s father. 

The old man turned hi s eye s t t e rifle r a ck and spoke . There 

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eyes turned to t h e rifles tha t rested in t hei r p l ac e s . All ears 

were at t un e d to t h e old slav e ' wor ds wh ich seemed addressed t o t he 
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rif l es . 

" They say ' he is old '· an d they murmur agains t me . They say_ 

' t he r e a.re only a handful of white pe op le ' a nd when I say ' no) t 1e 
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t ime i s no t r i ght ' t hey t u r n against me and my own son s p eaks 

agains t me . And my own son t el l s me that I l ove to b e a sla ve . Vb.at 

does he k n ow abou t s~avery and h ow I fe el and wha t is in my head? 

What does he know? Doe s he know how s l aves a r e captured? l o. He 

was born a slave , I was mad e a slav e . I was fre e 
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once . I louked on 

t he earth as a f r ee man . \'he n t h e wind blew I was free , whe n the 

r ain fell _J was f ree . And t hen Lhe c ame and a d e a slave of me . -

They t ook me f rom my home a nd made a s lav e of me . 

" 11 the years tha t I have been a sla.ve I hav e remembe r ed what 

~he wind and r a in f eel like to a free man . While I stood 1n t he 

market place in Cape Town a nd they made offers for e , I remembered ; 
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Jhile I lab o re . on the farm of some :Boer, I r emembered ; I have 

remembered ev e ry day of ev ery year . 

" I ran away of t en . Ancl as oft en I was brought back and t he 

sk i n was bea t en off my back . And all t he time I reme mb ered . Ca n you 

u nde rstand t ha t ? Ever ay of y life I remember ed t he mean ing of 

freedom . That i s why I hol d y ou back now when t he moment is near. I 

kn ow freedom a nd I hav e wa ited l ong for it •• • • That i s encugh. " 

He jerked his eyes away from t he rifles. ~d c~m~ out of his 

t raNee-.. The circ l e of slav e s a r ound 

looked a t t he! and wha t he saw 

ed t heir eyes . He 

He was still t h ~i r 

what Jan s aid . Tha t was as i t leader . They would obey 

should be . Wi thout kno 1 ing his p l a ns t hey wou l d obey,~ Tha t 

was the great lesson he had lea rn fro~ the white man : never to te1· 

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"Vie will hear a ll of Ja n ' s rep ort , " he s a i d . He l ed t hem 

toward the shac k . t the door h e pa.used . " The wh it e men ay be 

back be r e soon . B - t h en .Ja n must be gone . 11 

His eyes r a n over t he me n till t hey re s ted on a big , poek­

mar ked bla ck gia nt . He has no h ea d , th e ol d ma n t h ough t, Ja n ' s 

would mean n ot h ing t o him. He sp oke to t h e g i ant: " Samson , you ---/J4~-
will see to J a n ' s horse . It i s hidden in the bu shes b ehind t h e h ouse . 11 

Inst. d e t he shack, Johannes ' wif e , old a Johann e s , -J.ggJua a-. 

~hem ~a t~ey trgope~ inu ~~@ wa s fl a t on h er b a ck on a wood en b ed 

built into t h e f ar wall of t he s ha ck . A p ile of s a cking a nd rug s 

mad e of a nima l skin s tra iled overt e sid e of t he bed and t ouch ed t h e 

flo or . A d i r t y p iece of wh it e li ne!l was tied acros s h r f or e:nea d. 
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"He' s g on e ;v"Ol d .Johannes s a id . 

Old ~ Johanne s pull ed t he di rty cloth f rom he r head a nd s wung 

off t he bed. -At the e n1e time ➔ .Ja n c rawl ed fr om under t h e woode n 

ed . He was a t h i n , wi ry man of inde t ermi na t e age wi t h a pale , lin d 

sk in and fie r y , blood sh ot eye s . 

" I was ge t t i ng worried ," Jan said . 

"You we re l ong ," Old .fa s a id . 

" I had words wi t ou r son ,~ Old .J ha n ne s sa id . 

J n ' s fi ery eyes dart ed from f a t her t o s on . -But h e- h eld hi& 

p 9a.lJ4. A young ,roma n r01 ght back the hurrie Hb_ id.den p l a t e of focd 

Ja n had been ea ti~g . He took it a nd stuffed a~andful of b rown ~a~py 

food into h i s mou t h . In sil enc e t h e s l aves arra nged t hemselve s in 

comfor t ab l e :p os iti n s a ll ov e r t h shac ·. ~ or a spell t he r e was 

sil ence in t he plac e . n a ll e e turned on t he s caped s l ave, 

.__Tan , ,vh ose na.in ;:-nd ex 1 oi ts a l egend t h&t slav es up 

and down t he l a nd huge os oms . 

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1he storie about Jan 1;.-h o t ;2 ° .. /'Je •l :f rG''i s...1-a-'1H"~ to o k ~v e ¥ere 

1 6 iu • '3ome t i11es h is :p wers grew tc, the r-u;e:-- :n...,tnral• ..-·::-r--.,,.,1,-,~ 

:f, :c cg e e,a of tl.Le t e llL,g of h i "' ~o riouo @xr l cj,...b. The you1g men her o;:;, 

wor ,hir-J; 11. him . To the y cung slave wom n he was· the symbol of 

perfe ct .. a nhood . He ho.rl cha'hlenged the au thority of t he white man 

and l ived tot 1 abou t it . In escap ing from his first ~as t er 

he had kill ed a vh i te overseer . Ho·.v m ny other wh it e me n he had 

killed w snot known . But l egend sometimes ~ut t he figure at ten , 

sometimes a t a hundre i . nd s ome times , in rare mome nts . of drunk­

enness , the ca rrier of the l egend wou l d tal k i n t erms f hu ndreds 

and ev e t housands . he only oin t of agreement i n the many des ­

cri t ions of Jan was ab but the t wo pis t ols he carried in his 

b elt . They s,11 e:~reed: 011 tlm~ For the rest everyt hing t he said 
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abou t him va r ied from ~ t o fter ~o~. I t c ou l d no t be othe r wi se . 

Jan had grown int o a symb ol . Some slav es ador ed him . Ot her s ha t ed 

him . That to o was na tura l. He fta d done wha t none of t h e othe rs 

had dar ed t o do. Or i f t hey had da red , t h ey had f a il ed . He ha d 

succ eed ed . 

At l a st h e fini shed ea ti ng . He gave the empjiy l a te t o t n e 

young woman. whe lilt e p ped f o;r1vard.. He wi ed hi s 1 i p s with t h e back of 

his hand and looked r ound the faces that were al l turned to h i m. ~u 
J\..1:-g;l:·~.,r. tr br~ther Johannes? " His v oice was ' h igh-pit ched a nd 

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thin , a l mos t . like t he voice of a woma n . 

11 ·Nb.e r e was I?" 

"You were telling us tha t the order ha d co from across the 

seas tha t we shou l d all be freed." 

"Yes . That • s righ t. I ca nnoit r emeI!lber if the great ma s t er ..... 

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"You a re sure of thi s ?" Ol d Joha nnes a s ked. 

"It is a ll ove r Ca p e Town " Ja n said . 

"Not just t a lk . " 

11 ot jus t t a l k thi s time . " 

"nd the da te?" 

" That i s not known but t he rest is c erta i n . " 

Ol d Johannes s miled . 

Jo 

" I f it is so, if we a re to be set free , why d o you want us t o 

fi ght , Ja n? Why not wa i t a nd be f r eedr:' F/e have wa ited so l ong . " 

Jan ' s eyes fl a she d. i n &RS8F. 

11 or some , t o wa it i s g ood . But t he re a re others who wou l d fr~ 

themse lves . I t h ought y ou wer e one of t ho s e , Johannes . It may be 

tha t I a m wron g . e r ha ps sla very ha s destroyed y our he art . ut I am 

s till a man a nd I wou l d fight for my free d om. F_efhap s some of your 

own young men feel t h e s ame , or perhaps , like you , t h ey are for 

wa iting . Let u s s e e . " 

His fiery ey es challeng ed Old Joahnnes ' son at the door . The 
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.young ma n looked hesitantly a t hi s fath er and then a t Jan~ 

Sudde nly h e flun g ba ck hi s head a nd s a id: 

-----"I a m with Ja n . I' m for fi ghting . " 

" Good ma n , l:aul /1 Jan s a id . "I t h ought you were a ma n ." 

"And wha t will you fi gh t for? " Old Johannes stared hard at his ,..,.,. 

son . 

There was a l Lng pause , t h en t he oung ma n s a id : 

" To b men ." 

"And will the fi ghting make/ , ou a man , my s on ? " 

The young ma n ' s eyes a ppea l d t o J an . 

"Yes , " Jan s a id . "F i ght i f or wha t you want i s t h e way of a 

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"Ev en when y ou c a n be f ree with ou t fi ghti ng? . •• And t e ll me , 

J a n , wha t is fr eed om? 'Wha t d o you mean when y ou say fr eedom? Te ll 

me so t ha t t hese oth e r s c a n ear to o . " 

F or a l ~n g t ime t he t wo men sta red a t each ot h er . The ~ ••• 

h os tility t ha t wa s between them, t ha t t h ey had .,... hidde n , wa s in 

t h e op en now. It s}q,owed iF'l their eyes a nd in the bearing o:t:. theiF 

"I a m wa iting t o h e a r y ou , " Old Johannes s aid . 

TI<te:ee 1'te:e a:1,o theP lel"I~ 1'ilel'lee , ~fle& Jan s p ok e in ang e r : 

"En ough of t a l k ing ~ You ha v e t oo many ~ ords Joha n ne s . You a r e 

a fr a i d a nd you h i de b eh ind words . Your son I aul i s with me ." Bis 

eyes r a n ove r t h e other me n . " Wh o e lse i s with me? " 

~ J ohannes t u rne to t h e othe rs. 

" Ye s , wh o el se , beside: my s on aul , i s with Ja n ?" 

The r e wa s a long si lenc e wh il e nob ody s oke . 

" I t i s obly Paul , " Johan nes s a i d a t l a s t. 

Ja n ' s eyes fl a s hed on c e r ou nd the ro om , t he n h e stra i ght e n e d 

h i ms e l f a nd wa l ke ou t . t t he doo r h e a u se d and l ooked a t a u l . 

" Coming , Paul?" 

" You a r e fr ee to g o , " Ol d J oh a nne s s a i d . 

I a u l e ast hi s eye s fr om side t o side , c or n ered a nd u nc erta in . · 

" You ar e fre e t o go , " Old J oh a nnes r epea t ed . 

-" I hav e a wif e a nd a chi ld ," Paul s a i d hurriedl y . 

" I wi ll t ake care of t h em," Old Joh a nne s s aid . 

" Come , Paul," Ja n s a i d . 

"No . I will s t a y with my people," Pau l s a i d . ✓ 

Ja n ' s l i ps twis t ed ' scDr nfully . Wi thout a f'urthe r word he wa l ked 

round t he s hac k towa r d h i s hors e . I 
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onl r jump ed into thec Q old eye s when t h ey looked at t he ot ne rs in t n E 

shac k . 

man n'. 

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~ f r eedom , a a Johanne s? " 

The old man smil ed a nd f inge red his c h i n . Thi s was _t he 

que stion he had asked Jan . ,fuat i s free dom ? He _s e ns ed t ha t all 

t he others were a s anx ious t o know the meaning of freedom as the 

chil d who had asked . ,Vhat i ~ freedom? He tr ied to t h i nk abou t it. 

He knew it was something he f e lt , something deep i n_sid e him . 

(\ 1t (J ."1 EavingJ it or not having it 1ad e a_ difference t o the way a man felt 

~ out" t he food he a t e , a bout the words h e s oke , a bout the wind and 

the r a in on h i s fac ~ , abou t the way he look ed at childre n in their 

l a y , ab out t he way he k is sed his woma n a nd t he way he walked a nd the 

look in h i s eyes . That he knew , but how to t ell t hem t ha t , how to 

ake them un«erstand tha t , t ha t was t h e dif iculty . 

" I t i s ma ny things t o any pe op le," h e said slowly , but e v en 

as he s a i d it he knew it meant n oth ing r ea l to t h em . Suddenly a 

v i s i on of t h e hous e in the va lley shot in to h i s i nd . Yes , tha t 

wou l d d o it . Tha t was t h e way he could tell t h em . Tha t was the way 

h e would t e ll t hem • 

. " "ome with me ," h e s a i d . " Come with me a nd I will show you 

wha t I mean . " 

He took the little g irl ' s h a nd a nd l ed t he wa y ou t of t he 

shack . /They we n t past aul at t he door. wit b e~t li:tslEil"l~ B;t; hi:a. 'I'he 

oth ers (fell in beh ind the old man and t he little girl . a ul followe d . 

And the pr oc es s ion t ha t humbe r ed fifteen of t /4enty- :f i v e slav es 

owned by Kaspe r Jansen a nd h i s f amily , mov d slowl y u the s ide of 

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the moun t a i n t i l l t hey stood where t h ey c ould s e e t h e whol e valley , 

and , f a.r i n i t s r e c e s s es , ·t he s prawling whit e f a r mstea<b ~i-Fte~~~ 

Ha er ,-== 

The morning sun had c l i mbed t o a p o i n t a lmo s t d i re ct ly 

ov erh ead a nd beat down hot l y on t hem a nd on t he v a ll ey a nd on every­

t h i ng in it . I t t h rew a h a r d a nd b r illia n t ligh t over t h e 1 nd and 

some sha ded t he ir1i eyes a s they l o oked . The b l ue of t he s ky was 

b r i ght . 

"Look a t it , " Ol d J oh a nnes s a i d . " o n ot look a t t h e h ou se 

on l y . Lo ok a t t h e h ous e and t h e e a r t h a nd t he t rees ad t h e beas t s . 

Al 
All t ha t y ou see be l ong/\ t o t h e Janse n s , to Ka s pe r Ja nsen and h i s 

f amily . Ye t we , all of us , we buil t t h e h ous e ad till e d t h e e r t h 

a nd got rid of t he we eds and p l a n t ed t he f o od a nd l ooked a f ter the 

c a tt le . 

" Think my p e op l e . Would it be s o wrong f or t h a t t o b e l dmg to . 
) 

u s ? iVe made i t • 

"Before I wa s c augh t a nd , de a sla v e , wh a t I made was mine . 

I f I bu ilt a hou se , i t wa s mi ne ; if I p l a n t e d a t r ee, i t was mi ne . 

And no one cou l d come a nd t a ke wha t I ij a d made f rom· me . 

" Of te n have I e a r d . a s p er Jan sen and his f riends t a l k about 

fre e dom. But f or t h em i t i s some t h i ng else . Th ey 

a nd t h e hou se and t h e ea.r t · a nd wh a t g r ows d n i t 

it t oo free dom mi g 1t ean s omething e l s e . I , 

v a lley 

if we h ad 

k now . " 

He t urn ed h i s eyes t o t h e lit tl e 

on he r h ead . 

r l a nd put h i s hand l i ghtly 

" The c h ild s ays "'wh a t i s I s a y : when t ha t 

va l l ey b e l ongs \ t o us , a n t h a t house be l ong s t o u s , a nd wh e n t h e 

t h ing s we bui l d a nd t h e f o od we grow i s . ~urs , a nd wen we a~~ our 

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and no Baas Ka sper to t ake what is ours, I say tha t is freedom . 

Th t i s t he kind of fre ed om I want for my ch ildren and my wife 

and myself and for all f you . It is the kind of freedom Jan cannot 

unders t and . Jan ' s freedom says burn t h e house and t he grain . ine 

says l et us live in the house a nd eat the grain ." 

"But will they let us?" the little girl's mother a ske~ . 

"hink , my sister, when we are freed t here will be nly t hree 

of them and a little child . They will have t o till the earth to 

fee1 themselves . They will have to watch tne cattle . And night and 

day there will have to be a guard at t he mouth of the valley to 

watch for and fight off the attacks of Bushmen and other rovin 

black men . You see , they cannot do t ha t . If t hey have to chose 

between us leaving, and them leaving , they will go and all this 

will be ours . And there are enough of us to guard our selves and 

work for ourselves . We have been doing it or them . 

we will do it for ourselves . 

en they o 

"I have thought long of this , now it is here a nd this valley . 
can 1:?e our own . That is the reason why I was not with Ja n when he 

talked ab out the rising of the slaves ~ the 1 ~nely farms . There is 

no need for the Sl aves on the lonely farms to rise . There is only ,, 
need for them to be together and to under stand . 

Paul , who had rema ined in . the background , pushed his way 

for:w.a rd till he s tood facing h i s father . 

"Forgive me , father , I did not understand . " 

"There is nothin t o forgive ," t he old ma said . " s you sa;y , 

you did not u derstand . But when I die I do ft want you to take my 

plac e . In vtha t there will be great 

watched the young men and I will t 

Vhen I am certa in that he will 

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blood and not enough ice in your brain ••• • Now we will go back to 

our work . Everything must be as it has always been .'" 

The people stepped aside and old ~d the little girl 
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Koos , ~nd his wife Anna , watched the procession of slaves moving 

-down the side of the mountain. 

11 I told you they know something," Koos said . 

"Jus t becaus e they went up the moun tain," Kaser retorted . 

"They know something , " Koos ins is ted . He remembered the guns . 

"And it was you who taught them to use arms ." 

"And where would we h ave been in tha t first 1_<:affilr raid if theJ --
had not been here to defend us?" 

"You sai~ you could trust .Johannes , " Anna saia., looking a t 

her husband . 

"Yes I can, but I don 't know how far . Let us understa nd all 
,, 

about this vape Town affair before going further . 

Re moved back int~ the shaded part of the steep , pulled up 
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a rough hand made chair a nd sat on it, back to f~ont , his a rms 
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folded over the ba ck rest of t he chair . The ha rd questioning light 
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in his eyes eased a little as he saw his son pl ayi:pg out 

the warm summer su with t he littl e black boy who was 

grandson . A part of his mind said: In a year ' s 

ere in 

.Johannes ' 

him Young .Johannes as his pers onal slave . 
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Anna turned toward the door . 1£ui.8~ reached out a nd caugh t -
her arm . fr'he intimacy that had begun t ha t mornipg was still with 

\ them, still lingered over them and made ~heir rela tionshi seem 

\ as..- fre sh as when it began that far-off day he first- set eyes on her . 

"Stay," he said . He wondered wha t made him say that . Her 

business was in the kitchen , not among the affairs of me;. 

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Anna dre up the littl e bench a nd sat beside Kasper in the 

With a graceful leap Koo s was as tride the broad veranda railin~ 

and per ched there. Kaspe r re a ched into his shir t pocke t and bit off 

a p iece of tobacco . -------They sat thus . Silence was ove r t hem. Only _t he laughter of 

the two children , the black boy and t he whit e , stirred the sil ence 

now a nd then . And as they pl ayed , the pas s ing of time was shown by 

the changing a nd shi f ting of theif shadows. t fir it the shadows 

were short and f a t. Then , gradually , imperc eptibly , they grew t al¼'l, 

and t h inti The yellow sunf lowers s traigh t ened t he ir slim green bodie s 

and t urned t he ir faces u pward, to where the su was. From a ll 

around came t he gay music of the birds. They s ang as t hough t he i r 

hearts would brea k of s heer happ iness . 

nna moved a nd looked from Kasper to Koos . It se emed that 
~ the two me n would never start t alking . Each &B:~ as tas~s~ co p let e],J 

clothed in his own thoughts, a quiet t hat went beyond t he quie t of 

silence seemed t o flow f r om t hem . It was a characteri stic tha t 

she had noticed e v en in the ir f a ther when he was a live . She 

thought : y erhaps I wi ll become like them in time . She looked ou t 
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t o where her son played and wondered i f he to o would have the 

~u i et of the Jansens ab out him when he grew up . That brought her 

back sharpl~ t o Koos ' r e t urn and the fri ght he had g iven he r . He 

had looked out of the wind ow an se en Stefan pl a ying with the 

li ttle b l a ck Young Johanne s and said: 

ou t f or · t he bla cks ! ' ,a.,;cryone of t h@ffi; even ~ 

so much 
l~ 

it robb ed her of a ll eas on . Sh out of t he room and 
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on~ 

stopped to t h i nk wl-len Stefan was cJ_asped to h"'r bosom. Bu t 

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Yaspe • Ka sp r wai ted for things to happen; Koos was a lways 

reaching out for t h ings , a lways saying they were g oing to r app en 

before t h ey id. She had not be e n a ble to und ersta nd ~ iR fears when 

Ka s p er r;Tied. the s l v s anri t a J. gh t them to H A I" t 1
1. r if 1 e s . 

~~ ow she vrns begin n ing to un e rst a nri . Yet there was nothin 

els the coul h a ve done . They would h ~ve been killed by now if 

thy h a d not done so . vven oos h a d to a d mit tha t. nd there was 

' little Stefan p l a ying peacefully in the summer sun now . Surely 

nothing tha t happened in ape Town could affect their ~eacefu l and 

quiet life here . Cape Town was s f a r a way . Things c ould not reach 

here from C pe Town . Sure ly things could not . Or could they? ••• She 

turned her eyes t t he t wo me n . Each was still lost in his own 

silent i~mobility . She h r d se en t hem sit like that f or hours at the 

end of a day , s work . She knew t hey could do it now . But she could 

not . 

"'Wha t does it mean, Ka s pe r?" To her, her voice sounded 

terribly loud as it cut through their silence . 

Koos raised his head and looked at her in mild surprise . -:Hi 

wail net r eally 01;,1rpri:..1 , it 1w::.is jnst a :a.a~it of h h;.. ~sper moved 

in his chair, slowly , as he did everyth ing . ~ 

" We are so far fr om Cape Town , " 

"We must u nders tand," Kasper said . 

"Can they reac h u s? " Anna 

Kasper i gnored her . 

" Now) Koo_s . " 

Koos said: " J"a . " 

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d . "Can they reach us?" 

nna sighed inwardly and s a t b a ck . This was t he way they. did 

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with every t h ing and everybody else had limitles s pa tience with the 

slow ways of Kasper. She had stopped wondering ab out t he reasons for 

this . She l eaned back, closed her eyes and listened . 

" If I ' m wrong / " 
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"I will tell you . " 

" Good. The slaves are to be freed . " 

"Yes . " 

"They a re to be freed and made equal with the whites . " 

"Ye s . " 

"They are to be g iven our l a nd . " 

" No . " 

"fh n wh t . 11 

"They are to be g iven a piece of land und er the G0vl"'rnrnent • 11 

"Whose land?" 

"Governmen t land they say ." 

"Who s ay ?" 

"The Government . " 

"7/hat do the Landdrosts and the Heemraden say about it?" 

"They have no more voice . " 

"But they are our voice . lways have been . " 

"I ca n onl tell you what I found nt in Cape Town . " 
/ 

"nd that is that we have no more Burgher Senate . " 

"Yes . And we must ~glish in court . " 

"Go on." 

"If you want to write to the Government you must write in 

English.11 

"If not ? 11 

"Then· don ' t write . They will not read it . " 

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"Read?" 

Again she made the nega tive motion . 

"Do you know anybody who can?" 

"No. " 

Kasper turned t o Koos . 

"Go on. 11 

" The s l aves?" 

"Bo, the other bu s iness . 11 

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"They now have a supreme c ourt and judges will be a ointed 

from Engl and and we will not have any say . They will have only 

jurymen who ca n speak English and ,Vorcester circuit c ourt ca ses 

will go to Ca pe Town where people s peak English . " 

"How are we to defend ourselve s against bla ck raiders?" 

" It is a crime f or J eldkornets to call on burghers to follow 

and punish black r a i ders . " 

"And t he slaves are to be free . " 

"Yes . And our equals. " 

"In every way?" 

"In every way . " 

"!Jha t does that mean? " nna asked . 

" N ob otly knows , " Koos s a id . "In Cape Town there are thousands 
,........--.._ 

of col o reds, blacks and hot tentots wandering about . They don ' t hav e 

to carry passes any more . I t i s not /safe for white womenfolk to be 

out after dark ." 

"When d oes a l l this happe 

Koos smiled bi t terly . 

"It ha s happened ." 

" Has happened? " 

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" ~ God ~" Kasper sa id. 

"Nearly a year ag o," Koos said slowly a nd deliberately . "The 

l aw t ha t ma kes Old Johannes and every bla ck slave here fre e a nd 

your e qual, brother Kasper , came into force. The exact da te wa s 

t he first of Dec embe_r in t he year of our Lord eighteen-hundr ed and 

t h irty-four, ju s t u der a year ago ." 

"What does t his mea n?" 

" Tha t ma ny of us have broken the new law from Eng l and for 

nearly a year . It a ls o means , Ka s per, t ha t Old Johannes and t h e 

other black s can g o to Ca e Town and have us dragg ed before the 

Englishman ' s cour t where we will hav e t o defend ourselves in 

English. nd do you t hink the cou r t wil l r eally listen to our 

s id e of t h e sto~y ?" 

In t he silence tha t followed Koos • s l a st words , na 

looked f r om one bro ther to t he other . To her a nd to t h em t h is 

wa s the end of their world . Tha t much she unde r sto od wi t h out 

qu it e u hd er st nd ing all of it . Yet these tw o me n of hers wh o . 

underst ood the whol e t h ing f ully were t a l k ing as t h ough they were 

warrying on a casual conversa tion . Tha t she ha d never be en ab le 

to u nder sta nd . To do t hings calmly, yes . But to t a l k ab out thi n s 

a s ca l ml y as t hey d i d , n o. She t hought: perha s t ha t is art of 

the diff e renc e between men and women. 

"You said something about compensation," Kasper eaid. 

Koos nodded . 

"Yes, they are good. They good , these English . They 

say: '-All slaves are to be know a ll your wea lth i s i ~ 

your slav e s so we are g oing ay y ou for t ak i ng your slaves f r om 

y ou . We a r e g oing a million pounds a side f or 

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wh ol e ' of the country there are roughl y fifty thousand slaves , 

e r hap s a little mor , but le t's say fifty t housand . Good . 1ow all 

you have to d o i s find the money to come to Eng l a nd and prove your 

cla im f or com e n sat ion a nd t h en we will let you hav e your sha r e 

of the littl e ov e r a mil l ion ounds t ha t we h a v e spec i al ly se t 

as id e for you . " 

"nd t ha t i s wha t is to ha p e n ? " 

"Yes , Kasper , t ha t i s wh a t i s to happen . " 

"y God ! But they a r e devils . " 

II en , " Koos said . 

"But so many pe o le will be p oor , " nna s a i d . 

11 r e po r , Anna , " Ko os s a id . 

as · er st a re d out a cross spac e to whe_r e h i s s on was playin • 

jut a little while g o he had t h ought of g i vi ng Young johannes to 

h i s son as a ersona l sl~ve . "ow the English l aw s a i d they wer e 

equa ls and had t he s ame r i ghts . What wa s t he rn a ning of all t his? 

Wha t did it mea n and here ould it e nd? Wh a t of t h i s house they 

had built , t h is f a.r m t ha t wa s thei r s? ·.Vb.a t of al l tha t had g one int o 

the buil~ing of this h ome? Wha t o~ t he sl a v e s wh o were now fre e 

a c ording t o t he . ne law? 

As tho gh p ick i ng u p his thoughts , Koo s 

"We musf do some t h ing abou t the slaves . " 

"Yes . " 

"Those r i fl e s , Kasper . " 

~ I know. " 

"They ' re all stacked u i n a r ow. " 

"nough of tha t J 11 

"You don ' t think I ' m a r a id, do you?" 

II fO . II 

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"I s a id enough of tha t , Koos . " 

"But they a re t he re , Kas ·er , they a r e· t er e . " 

"Get out of here ' 1-is voic e had a s light ed e to it . "See 

what ' s going on in the :ihiel ie fields . " 

os jumped off his e r ch . 
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"I ' d be t ter t ake a gun , he said . 

"No . 11 

11 short one t h en . " 

"No. " 

oos shrugged slightlr , pushed his ha nd s i nto his ockets 

and went off . 

"He means well , " Anna s a id . 

"I know . " 

"Don ' t let·him a nger you . " 

" He d o es n ' t • " 

fl .Ja . II 

a t does all thi s mean?" 

"Troub l e , Anna , more trouble t han we know . " 

" m-i.a t kind ? 11 

" I don ' t know . " 

"And our home , Kas er?" 

"I must think , na , I must think... ne thi ng I know . 

We shoul d have d i ed)all of us , rather t han let the Bri t ~sh t ake 

the Col ony for the s ec ond time . Tha t was our mistake . " 

He go t up and wen t of f t he s t oe • na sat s tar i ng ·i nto s ace , 
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lost in t he suddenness wi th wh ich t h i s lif e of t he i r s t hat wa s ;;.-e 
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full of- order and qui e t peace was ybming t o an end . Their slaves 

had been a symb ol of security , t iJ'ir protection fDDm marauding 

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spe r pau sed and t u r ned to her just before ge tting out 

of s i gh t round t h e cor ner of t h e house . 

"Anna , " he called. 

She turned her head t o h i m. 

"Don ' t ,b e afr a i d . Keep your eye on the boy and ev erything 

wi l l be 

Af ter h had g on e nna l eaned ba ck and a llowe d t he deep 

warmth his war s had touche d i n he r t o ove r flow. Passi on , c ompas­

sion , l ov e and a strangely peaceful fe eling hung over her. She 

marTel l ed at t h is, marveled tha t a few words f rom another pe r s on 
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coul d d o t h is to her . 

"Don ' t be afraid , " she wh i spered . II ree 
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our eye 0n the bo 

lfuere had been something in Kas er ' s vo ic e hat ade tho se 

words s ecial . Because of the some t hing t hat had be n i n his voice , 
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she knew she would carry those words with her ts ; h~ end s f heF 

t i me .. Wha t i t was and in,hy €he c ould n ot say . Bpt sbe knew, he 

re eat d them aga in , roll ed them ove r jmi he r mind , f ondl ed t hem and 

linger ed lovingly over t ha t strange new note t ha t had b een in h is 

voice . 

nd whi l e nna dr ea . ed Kasp er hurried round the house and 
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ent red a room by the s id do or . On t ip oe he wen t into t heir 

b edr oom and opened the ol d Boer ches t t ha t h e l d all the fami ly' s 

deares t ossessions . rm the bottom of the chest , he too tw 

Jist ol s . He examined them . Both were in 

them inside his sl)irt . s u i etl~ h.e 

left i t . (/.: 

working order . He us~ed 

had ent ered the room , he 

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his has te had an a ir of slowness about it . Ba:~ it \VEtO e:tdy 6;:H a,;ir . 

He assed two s l a ves a t work in the po tato f i eld . V/hen he 

µad g on~ a littl e way he stopped a nd looked back . oth slav es had 

ot up from their crou c h i ng p os iti ·n and were looking at hL~. h is 

right h a nd moved fever i s hly . He was sur e t hey could not ha ve seen -the bul ge of t he i s tols or the meaning of tha t right handed mot ion . 
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He wond e red wha t t hey t ho~ght , a n d a s he wondered , a great 

r eali f a ~ion shook h i m. He ha d -neve r bef or e thought of them a s 

pe o le \ with though ts a nd fee lings. Never wondered what wen t on under 

th ose dark brows . \Vha t had they been t h ink ing a ll this t i me? mat 

had they been p l ann ing? fua t sor t of brains did they have? They 

d i n ' t feel like white m n , whit e men would neve r s ubmit t o sl avery. 

\Thite m, n were different . But wha. t wei:;e their thoughts? 

He tur n ed a nd c a rri ed on as t the orchards , as t t he horses ' 

g razing ground , through the sh eep- pens , and on , across t he st ream 

that flowed from the mounta inside1 till he reached the mieli e fields. 

I~ the distance he saw Koos sta nding over a bunch of s l a ves at wor k . 

"Koos ~" he shouted . 

Koo s lo oked up and waved. 

" Come here ~" 

K005 walked hurriedly acr os s the space t ha t separ ated them. 

Ove rhead the su was a t its highest . A gent le breeze r an like a 

stream through t he valley . It made t h e noonda y sun bearable. l 

A sol itary eagle circled t he v a lley twice then made off to the east . 

It cl imbed higher and higher, climbed till it was only a s peck of 

dark blue aga inst the light blue of the sky, climbed vrll it had 

become a par t of the pale blue uniformity of . the ~ d less skies. 

When Kasper turned hi s eyes from t he 

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11 I'ut it away . " 

"The p ost? " 

Kasper nodded . 

"The rifles?" 

"And t he p owder . " 

b 

"Good • •• I wish we had on e more white man . " 

"K oos • •· What are t hey doing in Cape Town about this? 

Are they l y ing down under it?" 

They swung round and made for the stable . For a while t hey 

wal ked in sil ence. Koos, for all hiss eed of movement , had to hurry 

to keep up wi t~ the apparently slow Kasper . They . crossed the stream, 

turned left, then right . 

"I was waiting fo-1; you to ask , Kasper . " 

" ,nna was there . " 

"Yes ••• Slave owners held a number of meet ings before the 

law came i nto force . Blit it idn ' t help . Nothing they said or did 

or tried to do he lped . Then a few families started trekking . d 

now , Kasper , in Cape Town the cry is:' To t he North ! Away from the 

English , away fr om· the rule of the Englishme n ! " 

"Then it is trekking again . " 

"Not just trekking, Kasper . gr eat trek . The trek of a whole 

people . You should have he.ard redika nt Smit, 'ttasper . He o ened the 

Good Bo ok and turned his eyes to sky and told av out the Chosen eople 

of God who went into the wilderness and made it a p l ace of glory . he 

told hpw they left their bondage behind · them and ent out to look for 

was seeing things . nd a ll around men and women and 

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cursed t hem with the wor d of God. And t hen he tur n ed t he word 

of God against those who wa nt to m~ke t h e Kaff ir s our equ a l . And 

he s a id Ra ther the l a st drop of ou r bl ood, r a the r t h e end of 

ou r people so tha t t he re is n ot a single .Afrika~r l eft on t h e 

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e a rth , r a t h er the d e ath of every well-beloved child of Afrikan\ erdo i 

y ea even u to t ne s malle s t b a b e , rather tha t tha n the degenera tion 

of ou r peop le a nd the fouling of ou r blo od a nd stock. Let ot h ers mi~ 

t he i r blood with Kaf f irs . F or us t h ere will never b e a ny equa lity . 

rev e r 1' And f r om the p eop le there c ame t h e d eepest Amen I hav e eve r 

heard. 

"And t hen h e told abou t t h e thi ng s we a ll kn ew , even desc r i b i n 

t he wagons a nd al l sor t s of li tt l e thin gs . He t a lked a s though he 

·were explaining abou t us t o someb ody e l se . 1 nd ev en t hough re knew 

c er t a in h i ngs , lik abou t wagons , he made i t sound as if it were al 

n w t o us . And it wa s new , a nd w.e l i.c:s t ened ." 

And as he t ried to tel l Kasper , the i mage s t he • reache r had 

built up ran thro.i.gh his r:iind . Bu t wha t he said did not bring up 

t he whol e p icture. He h8 no ords f or t he whole . 

To wor s ith wh·ch to K~Y thPt t he popu l a tion of t he ape 

.,olony was , in t he clo. i ng days of t he ye r 1 835 , .just ov er ~6 GGO 

p opl a nd t h t of t hese 

and moved~ lea ving ij mes 

He 

journ ey by o -draw11 

10 OCO Boe rs pull ed u t heir r ts 

unharvested f i e lds b ehind t he~ . 

did no bother t o s a t ~a t t h ey 
.) 

1. t eam of e i ght r ten pull ing ,, e a c h 

wagon. The sma ll , li t wagons were f amilia r to him , with t he re a r 

that would be t he h ome on wh ee l s , t ha t there , under t he c anvas cover 

the women of each wagon ~ould live and slee a nd c arry on the 

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pre ch er h d d on e with his audi ence , t h a t t he rear whe e ls wer e 

t wi ce a s big as the f ront whe e l s , a p d t he wooden b r a ke on the b a ck 

whee l s would b e r e inf orced by cha in locks in case of n eedJ. 11 

t h i s t hey knew f or it wa s part of t h eir live s . 

He s a i d only tha t t he re would be no kaff i r vo ----
lea d each te am . Young Boe r ch ild ren would pe rform 

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whe re there were no ch ildr en , women(the r member of 

woul d h a v e t6 do it . 

ii/hen he stopp ed spea king , Kase r asked : 
c---- . 

"And a ll our people a re trekking?" 

the t a sk .. And 

the f amily 

to 

" Yes . Ev en wh ile I wa s in Ca e Town f amilies were mov ing out 

each da y . " 

" 11 g oing orth . " 

" 11 going orth . " 

"And who is the leader?" 

"There is no l ead e r ." 

" Just the people?" 

"Yes , just the people . " 

Thy r e a ched t h e stable . The st a bleb oy ran forward , 

bowing \ with every ste p he took . 

-_" Ou_r h orses \ 11 oos said sha r ly . 

t he boy hurried away a nd began to s 

"And wh a t are 

"Nothing . 11 

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t h e horses . 

asked . 

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The boy l e d t he hor se f orwa ,a . The two men mounte d a nd rode 

across the valley towa r d the guard f O tat its entrance . They rode 

ea sily , knee to knee , like men w}u,o had grown up in t he s addle . They 

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over them, brooding with t hem but r em ot e from t hem, was t he va st 

silence of the open . It was a silence t ha t reach ed bey ond the terrible, 

beyond t h e frightening silence t hat was too powerful to have 

per s onality . It wa s unutterably cold , unutterably aloof . 

When they rea che d t he post t he two sla ves wh o were always on 

guard ran forward and ~eld their horses . 

"Where ' s Joha nnes?" Ka s p~r a sked . 

Be f or e either of t he two men could a nswe ~ Joha nnes came out of 

t he shack . Behind him was his son and t hree other young men . 

"Vvhy a r e they here? 11 Kas per asked, sta ring a t t he f our young 

men . 

" '.Uhey are the night gua rd ' 'Baa s Ka sp er . II 

"Whe r e a re t he others?" Ka s per wa lked to the shack and looked 

i nto to it . It was empty . 

"They a re out doing t heir work , Baas Kas per , 11 Johannes s a id . 

Kas pe r led · the way rm nd the shack to the back . Old a Johannes 

and two young women were pr eparing the slaves ' midday meal . Ne a r them 

three ch ildren played. 

11 Ther e a r e none who s}].ould not be here , " Johannes said mildly . 

Anger flas h ed in oos ' s ey es . a s per gave Johannes a cold 

look then turned ba ck to wa tch t he three women at work . 

11 1.Vhy t hree of them?" 

"There a re over twenty slaves to be fed , Baas Kasper . " 

It c ~ ssed Kas p r-• r ' s mi nd tha t t hree wa s a reasonable number to 

c ook for over twen t y . But the thought angered him . He tried to push 

it aside but i ( persis t ed . Joha nne s wa s righ t . But what right had he 

to b e righ t? He was a slave . 

11 re you arguing with me? " 

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" I say thr ee a r e too many . " nd while he said it he knew tha t 

it was a li e , t ha t he didn ' t mean it , that he wished he h a dn ' t sa i d 

i t . How to u nd o i t? 

"Ye s , Baas Kaspe r . " 

"We1·1 . . . " 

J ohannes turn ed t o on e of t he t wo y oung wome n . 

" Fl or a , go t o t he h ous e and t e ll Lena you ar e t o d o t he washing " 

l ora lef t her wor k a n d made off f or t he f a r m 

house . Kaspe r l e<l t he way r ound t o the fron t of t he s hack again . Hi s 

anger was at b oiling poin t . The busin ess a b out Fl or a mad e him hate 

Old Johanne✓wi th a bitterly p ersonal hat r ed . 

ne noticed t ha t Joha nnes ' so~ Paul , h a d placed hims e l f in a 

p osi t i on near the ri fles whil t hey had b een at the b a ck of the 

shac • Hisey s r a n over th ot her sl ves . Altogethe r t here were 

six of them a s e ll as Joha nn e s . The to women at t h e back d i dn ' t 

matt e r . ~rom t he c rner of his eyes he s aw Kh os lean ing against his 

hors e in such a way t hat his right hand ras a l mos t inside his en 

shirtfron t . He tu r ned his eyes ~l-y _on J ohannes h ile his mind 

or ke 0 o t hov. lon it oul t ake for ~a ul to reach a rifle and f ire it 

"Johannes . " 

" aas Kas er ?" 

"I want to ask you something . " 

"Ye s, Baas Kas er? 11 

Kas :r paused and thought . After a whil e he sa id: 
,..--

"Do you kn ow ab out t h i s ape wn bus iness?" 

"About the s l a ves , Baas Kas er? " 

"Yes , abou t t he sla~e s , " :r..as er s a id shar ly . 

Johannes pulled himself u and r a is ed his eyes till he looked 

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Kasper noted the subtle change in ~ Johannes ' s words and 

bearing . 

"You know you a re fr ee . " 

So i~s a l ready happened , J oh3nne s t h ought. 

"Yes , I kn ow tha t • " 

"You know you ' ve be en free for nearly a year . " 

There was a s ing ing n oise in Johanne s '.a. head a nd he wan t ed· 

some t h ing to l ean on suddenly . :But none of the wonder and bewilder ­

ent t ha t was in h i s hear t a nd bra in showed on h i s f a ce . 

"Yes , I kn ow t ha t to o . " he said calmly • 
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" So .. . " Kas e r said and ·au sed . " And h ow long have you known 

a ll t h is?" 

II freed slave pas sed he r e l as t ni ght , " Johannes said . 

~asper ' s eyes bored into the eye s of the old man who had been 

till t ha t mi nute the leader and most trusted of h is slave s . ·1ways 

when he sta red hard at the ol d man , t he old man had dropped his 

eyes . · He ex pe cted it t o happen now . It woul d g ive h i m jus t t ha t 

touch of submi ssion he ne ed ed to fo rce t he old man back to wher e 

he belonged . No ma tter what the l aw sa i d . I n h i s hear t a nd mi nd he 

was a slave and he would r eact like a s l av e . Le t h i m 1 wer hi s eyes . 
/ 

.Poree him to d o so and aft er t hat he wou l d s ay ' Baas Ka s per ' as he 

ha d d one for years . No wor ds on pa ~r coul d al t er t ha t . He wa s a 

slave and he had t he mi nd of a s lave •••• Hi s eyes bored int o t h os e 

of the old man . He br ought a

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s t a r e . \ 
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But t h ose wa t ery old eyes we re n ot lowered . There was s til l 

res pec t in them, bu t they we re not lower ed . 

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Kaspe r . He wante d to for c e the old man to his kne es, to hammer h i m 

into submi ssion with t he cold force of h i s ha rd fists . Eut t h ere 

we r e six other slaves standing by a nd it would not suit h is plans. 

He r a ised his eyes till he looked at the poiut of a p iec e of r ock 

t ha t was in a line just above the old man ' s head . And in t he sh i ft ­

ing of his eye s he se nsed t he first victory of the old slave . 

"So •• ~ Th e l aw says you a r e free now . Wha t are you going 

to do?" 

"We plan to g o away , " .Johannes s a id .
1 

e hear t he Governmen t 

is giving land to freed slav es . And if t h ey wprk t he l a nd well it 

becomes theirs for a lways a nd t he ir childr~n uan have it aft er t hem . 

e will go and get some of tha t l and a nd work for ourselves . " 

"You and your f amily?" 

"I s peak for all of us . " 

"So •••• And when will you go? " 

old ma n an swered as though t h inking aloud . 

we leave pow you will be alone ; j ust t wo men , a woman and 

a chil_d . I f there were Kaff ir r aids like t he last two, wha t would 

happen? And t hree pe opl e cannot do al l the work on the farm . So i t 

was ha rd for us to decide abou t g oing till you had decided what you 

would do . " 

"But y ou a r e going ?" 

"Yes, we are a ll going . d now t hat you kn ow , I t h ink we will 
/ 

go seven days :f!'rom t oday . That will g ive yo time to make your p l a ns;• 
/ 

"nd be twe en now a nd t hen?" . 

"I will see t hat every one car · on hi s work as if no thing 

has happe ned. '' 

"You can make them do anything , can ' t you? " Koos s a id bitterly . 

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11 Tell me, Johannes , 11 Koos said. ".Are you sure you are staying 

the seven days out of concern for us? Or is it that you would 

like to see us out of the valley tha t you might rule as master?" 

"Koos ~" s per said sharply . 

Pau l made a move . Joha nnes ste adied his son with his eyes. 

"Get 

Koos 
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those rifles , Koos; and the powder , 11 Kasper said . 

straightened u p . Paul jumped, grabbed a rifle} and had it 
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half way to his shoulder when Koos fired . The pistol-sound t ore 
,..;,,; 

t h rough the silence and wa s-~ consumed by it . The half- raised 

rifle slipped from Paul ' s finger s and touched earth before h is body 

did so. Kasper drew his p istol a nd cen t°i-ed it on Johannes while 
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Koos reloaded his . On t he ground , in a pool of blood that shrouded 

his head and grew l a rger by t fl. e minute , Paul lay dying . The p istol 

wound began low of his left cheek and climbed to his ear . 

eyes on the slaves , ready for the first move . A move seemed inevi ­

table . It was carried in the keyed-up tension in every liing le one 

of t he five young s laves . They could ·not ma intain t ha t tension long 

without doing something . 'lb&- white men ?iaited for tha t 00,!1:eth.iHg , 

tfi~t move . And with the pas s ing seconds the stra in of wa iting grew 

t aut. Some t h ing had to s nap soon now . 

"If any of you move Johannes dies , " 

Johannes turned his eyes to his son 

his head t o his chest . We must watch our c 

Kaspe ,/declared . 

a nd/.ighed . He 1 wered 

die , he though t . 

Always, we must watch ou r children die . e must bring t hem into the 

world and see them grow up and watch t em die . He raised his eyes 

to Kasper Jansen ' s face and his thoughts flowed on . And you, white 

man, I could take your red neck between my bare hand s and squeeze 

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much you c a n d o t om . Oh God 1 

migh t kill a Jan s en •••• 

---­Let me liv e l ong enough that I 

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Hi s ol v.oman c ame round toe side of the shack . Wit~out a 

~ S he wen t on her knees bes i d e her dy ing son and lifted his 

bloody head t c her lap . Johannes lo oked at h i s wife and as he d id 

so he could a lmos t feel a ne streng t h and s t iffness cr ee t hrough 

his body . It seeped in t o his finge r s and t oes , g r ew tight ac r os s 

his che st, ann played a ta t t oo und r his left ribs . 

','/e wan t t h e hous in t he v a lley , he t old. i self. Once more 

he lift e h is eyes t o Y sper Jansen ' s face . 

" Yo an pu t awa your p istols, Janse n . o have k i l ied y 

s on • That ' s wl at 

away our pist ol s . " 

u wanted to do . You ' ve done it . - w you can ut 

"Get the r i f l es , " -- s er said t os . 

e y ' r e c om in g , Ka s · er , " .,.. o o s sa i d • 

KB.s ~e r t urned h i s head hurr i edly . Yes , t hey we r e c o i n , t h e 

whol e lot of them. In a body t h 

b ody of slow- . oving tilfllll!lil:f s laves . 

mov ed toward the shack . sol i d. 

sper turned sli ht ly so t hat 

he could ke phis eyes on b ot h t h e oncoming b ody of slaves as rell 

as Old Johannes . 
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", a t shall we do?" Roos asked . / 

"Fu t away your guns , " Joha nnes 

The slaves were clcse f e t thudded dully on 

the sandy earth . 
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"Stop • " '>a.S er roared . 

The old woman on t h e g ou 

cried ou t pitiously: 

raised her eyes to her husband and 

" ·y s on . y s on . He is dead •••• 
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husband is dead . Tell her to bring her son that he might touch 

h i s f a ther ' s warm fles h before it grows cold . " 

A youth de tached h i mse lf from t he body of slav es . 

" 0\ 11 Kas er shout ed . 

"Go , " o0hanne s s a id . 11You are a fre e man now. Go . " 

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Kasper r ai sed h is pistol deliberately . He aimed ca refully for 

Johannes ' heart . 
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"Listen , " Johannes said . There was a c . l m dignity in llis veie~ . 

"If Jfasper Jansen shoots me , he will need t o reload before he can 

kill anybody else . Koos Jansen ca n kill only one other person . You 

a re ma ny . Kill them and then go to the h ouse but ~o not touch t h e 

woman or the child . They hav e not ha r med or spilled our blood. 

Send them out of the valley with noth ing . That is my last order 

if Kasper Jansen kills me . Now go , Witbooi . " 

i itbooi turned and made off toward the farmhouse . 

lowe r ed h i s p i s tol . 

"You bla ck devil , " Koos s pa t out . 

"You whit e killer , II Johannes sa id@}" a1ml y . ·, 
"What are you going to do?" Kasper asked . 

"You have .killed my son . If you had not done so I 

s er 

would 

have stopped him from harming you a nd mac}e him give you your rifles , 
/ 

they were yours . But you have killed ,fm . He ms bought those rifles 

with hi s life . The life of a f r ee m n has paid for those rifles . • They 

are ours now . You will have to ki 1 us all before you ca n have them . " 

"Is that all? " 

"Yes , we will not ha rm ou •••• No , ~here is on e more thing . 

All the sl aves will be called in and none of them will go out to 

work again for you . They a re not s l av es any longe r . They are 

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" I s that all? " 

"Yes , tha t is all ." 

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A feeling as born in Kasper ffansen tha t minute . ~£weliag so.. 

.p owc rfttl a nap ooitiv-e tMt it d:eow:Ae d all else i fi h i-ft. I t took hold 

of him with the sharpl y pa inful pointedness of a ne edle ·res s ed into 

man ' s most t ender and sensitive orga n . And like t h e a i n in such an 

dperation i t s piea d to all par t s of h i s body , to his bra in a nd heart , 

to every sensitive little vein -in him , it s pread ti l l it became 

part of him, part of the tis sue and t extur e t hat went into the 

making of t h e man Kas er Jansen . That feeling was directed a t t he 

old roan who s tood f a cing h i m, th e old man wgo had been h is slav e , 

t he old man he had felt he could t r ust above all t he other sla ves . 

old man ' s skin was bla ck . For Kas p r .Jansen t he old man became 

of all me n wi t h black skins . d t h e agency t ra t had. a de it 

possible for the old man to s t a nd tacing him , to that , too , a sha re 

of this feeling was di r ected . But ma inly it wa s directed agains t 

this old man whose face was b l ack . 

He had fed and cl othed tha t old man . He had put h i m i n a 

position of pr i v ilege . He , Kasp r Jansen , had a c corded the old man 

a position far abov e that 1 of a slave . I n sickness he had g one t o 

sit by t he ol d man ands eak to h i as one man to another. In heal th 

he had shared h i s :weci ous toba cco wi th the old man •••• 

, There was a lea ne s in h is eye s as he took a l ast linger i ng 

look a t the lined old black f a ce in fron t of him . 

He pushed the pistol i nto 

horse. 

"Come , Koos , " h e sa id . 

his be 

V 
, turned~ a nd made for his 

He swung into the sa d l e and t ouched t he horse ' s fl anks wi th 

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r ear rode Koos . The body of slav es was directly i n their way . 

They made no move to l e t t h em pas s . I am not go i ng round t hem , 

Ka s pe r thought . He tug ed a t his ~eins. The horse came to a stop . 

He ha lf-turned in his s addle and l ooked a t Old Johannes. 

" et t hem pas s," Johannes said . 

he slaves divided to ake a pa t hway and t he t wo white men 

rod e throug without a backward look . 

jVhen th t o · h it e men wee out of sight all eye s turned to 

Old Johannes. Ee walked heavily t o whe r e the body of his son l a y . 

He put cne ha n on h i s ol if ' s head and lo oked \tt t he others who 

c o~e closer t c lo ok a t t nt. lifel ss bo of Iau 

" I tolct. h i m," Johanne s sairi . " I told him as I tol you tha t 

onl, if we are u·1i ted and a ct together zoul we win . But there 

"f.fas t oo mu ch fire in h is . lood and no ice in his brain . d now 

he dead . n it was a life t hrown away .... " 'he l d man 

aused and clos d his eyes , then he opene1 t hem and said vigor us -
• 

JJ.y: "I 1ould b , so angry with him if he were a live now J •• 

. ~man came running along t he sand pa th tha t led fr m the 

~ rm~ ouse to the sl ave sha ck at the outpost of t he valley . behind 
'-!..> 

her hurried a man "f.fith a child in h i s arus . It was the slave irl 

Lena , woman of t he dead -au l and moth r of Old Jonannes '5 rands n , 

Young Johan e s . She ran the l as t f w yar ds . The body of e0 le 

~ade way for her . nd as she ran she ca ll ed her man ' s name . Her 

voice was l ouder and more tortured each time she called: 

" a u1 J 
f 

She fel l on the b ody 'tiN' l<l:er P.!€ii& a nd soTatched it , and 

pulled it , and shook i t , and ov / it , s t hough ''le r 

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dawne d on h e r t ha t not h ing can __ cal l b acl{ the dead , she relaxed . 

fter a whil e she dragr; ed h rs elf to he r f ee t, and t ur n e d t 

Old Joha nnes . 

"Le t Young Joha nnes t ouch his f a t he r , " t h e old ma n s a id . 

Lena took t h e s mall brown boy b y the hand and led
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ijim to 

wh ere his f a the r lay . Sh e knelt down in t h e s a nd . Sh e took the 

~h ild ' s ri ht h a nd in her own , a nd tog ether they ressed the lids 

over the st a ring eyes of t h e dad ma n . nen they r emoved their h ands 

the ma n ' s ey es were closed as t h ough in sleep . 

Old Johannes took t h e young child i n his arms and spoke to 

his people 

II I am old , but I h a ve lived to se e tl e day of our freedom~ I 

, ay not l i ve l ong after this . But I have seen this d a y and I wa nt 

cha rge you with on e thing . You , Lena , a re the one to do this . ut 

I want all you others to bear witness and see to it tha t it is done 

wh en I am gone . It is a bout this child whose f a t h er lies 1.,here . 

to 

"I want t h i s child to know how his fat h er died and why . I want 

this child , whe he grows u p , to know that his father bo~ght six 

rifles and two boxes of powder with his life . I a nt him to l:n ow 

the n a me of the ma n who killed h is f a ther. I wa nt this chi ld to know 

t ha t he was born in sla v e ry a nd that on the day of freed om he closed 

h i s f a t h er's eyes . An I wa nt t his child to be charged to tell 4is 

child so tha t i t should be known as long a s t here are desc enda nts of 

Old Joha nnes a nd his s on Paul who bru ght six rifles with his life • • • • 

" Now; my eople here is much to do . uch fi ghting and thinking 

and p l a nning . Always now we must watch . The J n sens a nd the other 

white folk will not :i"'ave us in peace . or our 
'-.; 

freedom will go a s quickly as it • And the Boers wil l hate us 

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my descendants forg e t . 

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" Now for t he work . There ust b e gu a rd s to watch t he hous e . 

1,e must dig t h e earth here , near t h e mounta in for our food . \ ne n 
J 

the Jansens h a v e gone we wil l g o into t he v a lley . Bu t first we wil l 

bury my so n ." The old man r a ised his eyes to t he moun t a inside . 

"e will bury him wh ere we we re thi s mprning whe n the child asked 

me wha t is fre ed om . And we will cal l t he l a ce The lace of reedom .11 

Tw men go t s a des a nd moved to t he s ide of t h e mountain r Taey 

wu e et'! tlhe h .:ay to dig t h e firs t grave in The F l a ce of Freedom . 

Ot her · ~en took up the body of 1 au l a nd t ook it into the shack where 

t h e wo en would wash it , for it i s a stra nge custom of hQmans t ha t 

all b od ies . b e washed b ef ore they are r e t urne d t o t he ear th from 

which t hey came • •• • Was h me t ha t I might be eaten by W0rms •••• 

Was h me t h a t I may I!Ot cleanly •••• In lif e let me live in dirt •••• 

In death , wash me •••• 

lhen Kas per and house na was wai ting 

for t h em . The sound of t he p istol shot had worried her . And wr en t he 

sla v~. Witboo~ had arrived a nd t ol d Lena t ha t her man was de a d , worry 

had t urne i nto a larm and anx iety . ohe ran out t o me et her ma.n as 

t hey rode up . 

One lo ok a t Kaspe r ' s f a ce told her tha t something v ery 

profound had h appened. She had n ev e r seen him l ook s o v e r y much 

like Koos . Tha t bleakness tha t wa s so erm ne nt in Ko s ' s eyes 

was in h i s n ov . nd t here wa s a strange, n ew , cold aloofness flowing 
. , 

from him . It f l ashed through he mind t ha t h e re was a h ard man , a 

m n ith steel i n his heart. Th re wa s some t h ing kn i f like bou r 

this ha rdnes s . It j a b ed n cut a t her as I would jab an cu t 

a t ever b ody else i t made cont a ct with( Hu r ried ly s h looked a t 

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amounting almo s t to open wor shi . S omething tight pressed a -ains t 

her heart and was gone . In it s ~lace came a dull, disa oi te 

sa ness . T n s tin -i l.y.-,-- th ;inti ~c 

morn in w-oul-d not c01ne · b ck a,g i.1'1 . -~It lt-a ··:t ake n n ar ly e~ght y a s 

:tna: ntrtlfi- ·· ·• :.. N 

knew , i; would n. t . c ~ · gai · .~} So . e t h in n ew h a d en tered into 

the ers onality of t he man who bad be e her husb a nd for e igh t years . 

It was s ometh i n she h ad s e nsed i n oos . The v e ry u a 1 ·ty tha t had 

made it i m ossible for her ever to really l i ke h f m r get c l se to 

him . That s a me qual ity was n w i n Kaspe r . Only , it was ma nified t 

such ad re e t ha t it r eac h ed out a nd bea t aga inst e r . It r e ed 

J her to kee a d istan c e between t hem; it ~u shed her eyes awa y fr 1 ---h is so tha t they s l "d quic k ly as t h i s in s t ead of mee ting t em . 

11 1 a t h a ened? " s h e asked heavily . 

"Tha t d amned Johannes , " Kas er sa i d and went as t her into t he 

h ouse . 

er h eard a shot , " she said . 

\\ 11 I got tha t Taul, oos said . "He was jumping for a rifle • 11 

She fo llowed the • into the h ou se and got t he food ready. ~ 

~. Bor a while they a te in silence . Sudde nly Ka sper ushed his 

food away £1 ua itim a nd g ot up . Koos l o oked up b r iefly as ~ a s er 
J 

went out then carried on with .b i s e a ting . Anna left he f place went 

to t he door . 

"I sh ou l d l eave him alone , " Koos said . 

Anna hesitated; t h en went on . 

"Re a lly , TI II 

"She stopped . 

" r:hy?" 

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want to know wha t ha pened , I '.11 t ell you . Sit down . Carry on with 

your food . " 

Anna went ba ck to her l a ce and wa it ed . oos finished eating 

and t hen told her wha t had hap ened . ~;vhen he had finished, she asked 

-'ii nid~ ou ha,ve t o kill him?" 

"Wha t else." 

"erhap s you a re right . Bu t I wish you hadn ' t . " 

" Shoot first and speak afterwards . It ' s a good old Boer rule, 

Anna . Ou r forebear s who had to fi ght the .affirs knew just how 

g ood it was . " 

"What will ha en now?" 

"Tha t Johanne s has his eye on this place, ad he has six 

rifles . Bu t f or his own reasons he does not want to ha r us now." 

" So?" 

"11 t hey are going to do is to st op working for us. So t hat 

skepsel Johannes s ay s . But they have the rifles . Wha t we will , o 

is wha t Ka sper is t hink ing ab out . e rhaps we wi ll t rek . -erha s 

we will stay and one of u s will t ry to get so e hel , th ough .from 

here , I don ' kn ow . " 

lfhile Koos t a l ked , Kaser came b a ck int o t h e ro om. He went 

to the window and looked out. 

"They ' re on t he mount a inside again , " he said with out turning 

bi s head . "Bu t they ' ve a~s o go t a guard posted to wa tch us . " 

Koos and nna joined h i m a t t h e window . 
/ 

"Over t he re," he s a id. "Look . By th t big boulder to the l e t. 

You can't see him but you can see t he ifle . See it ?" 

''Yes , " Anna s a i d . 

''Ye s , " o o s sa i d • 

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"Looks like they, re digging . " 

"Bury i ng that aul I bet ," oos said . ' ) . (j 'j 0 
11 \fuere i s Stefan. 11 Kas e r asked suddenly , looking at A.rma . 

11 In the bedroom, " she s a id . " Sleeping ." 

She lo oked cur iously at her husba nd and wond e red what h a d made 

him look at her so stra ngely when he h a d asked the ques ti on . nd 

while s he wondered , a part of her mind said : I wonder what he , s 

decided . Really we a ll t o what he decides . It ~ never been so clear 

to me before . Yet we , ve always been doing it . s a little girl we 

p layed ~ouse but i t wasn ,t as it is n ow . How long ago it i S since 

I p layed as a little g irl. Li ttle girls like to look a t t he ir frocks 

a nd prance around da intily . I was a little g irl once . Little g i rl , 

play with your doll . He had a funny , rat - eaten beard , h a d the strange 

. r:-.. 
old Predika nt ,~h o taught J ap ie and me to write . And ruch funny colo r i 

\J/ 

in i t to o . J a pie, Japie you look like an 

look like J a ie ••••• 

pie .... Apie , pie , you 

She suppre ssed t he gay smile that started ~e eom• from her 

heart and tried to pick out the words t ha t Kase r had been sa ing . s 

she listened she r e a li ed s he had lost some of them . She bec ame a 

dutiful wi fe aga in, sol id a nd firm a nd free of f a ncies . His words 

were the imp ortant things . On t hem hinged ev ery t hing . 

s pecial sur prise for _ister Johannes . 'le will begin working on the 

wagon straighta ra y . " 

Th e trek , nna told h erself . The trek . 

His ' voice c aMe to hr . "Don ' t let Stefa n out of y our sight, 

Anna . Watch over him ev c: r r inu te of t he ay . Rifl e s a ll t h e ti.e, 

Koos . Pac k everv t h ing y ou c a n, Anna . ut remember ever t h ing will 
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hav e to g o on the rrn,g on . Our :p l a n ·s to l eave t h e -d ay a ft e r t o .n arrow~ 
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" n . the c· ttle?" Koo s a sked . 

"With s," Ka s per said . " ou say 'le will meet ot he r trek re rs." 

Koos nod d . 

" Thci t i s t he answer , t hen . Till we mee t ot he r tr e~;:ke rs it wi ll 

be iff · ul t b t a.ft r t ha t it ould be e s i er -~ 

Koos no de hi s agree~en t. 

A..rina t hou :h t of t he other t h ings, t he lit tle t -hing.s tha t had 

n o rt" 1 v a 1e , t h,., wer . 11ot e solut e n c ess itie s , hu t tha t - e t 

in~u the nqt i g of a ho~e and t hat CTa e the rd 

wor d :vith a specia l meaning . These were t he t h ing s tha t had made up 

the littl joys of her life ; · the t hing s t hat made it differ nt, 

t Pe r fore richer , than a ny other Jl ac t h~t did not have those 

special littl e thi ng s . 

Her eyes a rt d round the ro om and/pi cked out some of these 

little things . Over there , near th window , was t he cla flv e · 
\.....,., 

pot Old Johannes had f a shioned for her and in whi ch whe ke t v1ild 

fl~wers . It s s pecialness ca~e from t he f a ct tha t while the clay was 
,., 

still wet , young Stefan had impressed hi s little hand on it . nd 

there it was now. It would never change . 1 ery time she 1 oked at it , 

that far-off day when he ha d done it came back vi~idly and she c uld 

relive t he pas t . With ut the presence of that littl e ~and on t he 

claypot, it would not be th s ame , it coul d not b e the same . It was 

the direct link with -the pas t and the s ecial link with that s~e c ial 

day . 

-rom the claypot, her eyes darted to his first clay wagon with 

its team of clay oxen . He had lost all i ntereJ?'t . in . it. He did better 
I' 

wagons and oxen now . But tha t was 

( the dol l ab ove the firepl a ce . •Her doll . 

t he firstl s et •••• Then t here was 
I 
, e first one she had made 

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t i n G thr~ t went · nto t 1e CO!!l.leting o:· 11er w0rld , little thinLs 

t hQt mac it ho~ e . In ~er heart , sh~ kn w th~t most , if not al l of 

t h e , wou l 1 .1av e to b e left b ehind . Bu t her hea r t rebelled . 

11 nd the li ...., tle thi gs , CD. s er? " 

~or a second it eemed t h E., t he un erstoo ) 'tiJl.ct c h,& m'ua tal.ii:zne 

r."t ,~ h 1· 1 .. en eyes were bleak aga in . 

" '. " t i s not ne cessary must be l eft . " 

·vha t is not ne cessary mu s t be l eft , her . ind ec1 oed his words. 

Th e two m n v1en t awa~· . In a dim , far -off manner , nna 

listene t o the sound f t he i r ov e ents an t he t her s ounds tl 

ade in ge tt ing w:!:i'1 t t he y vmn t ed . Bu t it ..411i: se ene d as though it all 

ha~ · ened in a re am . She , ,nna , was standing in tl cen r6' of t he 

room , holding h,r s elf by gri ing the a ck of a cha ir . Ye t she was 

no t really there . r so it see e • Really she was aslee or lost . 

es , t h;, t was it . She was los t . rt's like a .a.n a lking a l n ,· t 1e 

rad an~ sud~enly finding that t he ear t h i s not benea t h his feet and 

' who oes not f a ll but waits fearfully for the f a ll . And go es on waitin 

·"':Va k e u:p .s · nna . 11 

She knew it was her ow voice , but t her e was an unr ealit 

about it . It ,came loudl y t h er , n t f r om within , but from without , 

in ri nging waves t ha t echoe • She ma rveled t ha t t he ech oes should 

come towa,rd her from the outs de , i ns t ead of go ing to the outside 

from her . 

lhe me n came back into the room . They t alked and she li s t e ned 

' t o their voices . She found herse lf anwwering t hem when t hey s ok e 

to her . n~yet it was not the 

as a strcnge wo~an . 

Di ml y her _ ind 

rol ml hol t ha t se ened to 

e knew who answered the • It 

mall t n ·ne . I t w s a litt le 

a · ~ht a t h er f a c e , t he s eemed t o 
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hr at t enti on . The hole g rew mrger and l onger , took s hape and 

emerged in h er mind as a rif le . Kase r wa s giv i ng h er a rifle . The 

new life fell into pla ce . r h ea-.-r-t'. -wa: a:garnt beneath t h e feet of :W--

the took the rifle fi rmly in both hand s . 0he he l d it a l i ttl e 

away from he r body, weighing a nd b a l a ncing it . 

The tw o men we nt ou t of t he ro om a nd ou t of t he house wi th 

t oo l s and rifle s . A~l.:tQn•1:ati eall:,i She we nt t o t he littl e window. She 

r aised t he r i fle t o t he _r eady a nd a i me d .a t t h e s:p ot wh er e t h e 

b l a ck wa tcher wa s . he wa s a le r t ye t c omp l e tely r e l axed. She 

wai t ed . · 

The t wo men g ot wa ri ly off t he st oe p . Their b od i e s we re ben t 

doubl e . They had t he i r rifle s r eady for i n stant use . They mov d 

forward a f ew yards like t hat. WDen nothing h a p ened·· they straight ­

ened up a nd wa lked more normally , but fuey were still alert , still 

w t chful . rom t he wi ndow Anna trained her rifle on the boulder 

beh ind which t he bla ck wa tcher was. nd ov r · t he whole v a lley hung 

t he unutt e ra l e silence tha t was now charged with a n ew tensi on. 

Te t omen r eached t he out t he wagon ras and went 

in . Anna t rne from t he windov , wa l k ed to th e fir ep l a ce and sat 
' ,,) 

in sper ' s chair. :Be side t h e chair was a little t _able . On this as 

the i g ol d fam ily :Sibl e . · Anna nursed t he rifl e on her l ap a nd 

lo oked at the ib l ~. She r ecall ed her ather ' s ·avo it sayin: 

"Vi th my rifle and my ibl e , I fear no ma n , I fear n o beast , 

I fear no s iri t . " She whis ered i / slowly . 

She h a lf- turned , till . t reached over a n d ull ed t he ibl 

sl i d onto her la . It r es ted on o o the r ifl e . She turn ed t he 
/ 

pages t ill she found what she wanted and r ead it slowly and so tl , : 
. a-l, ~· > 

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She read t he rest in silence till she came to: "And the Lord 

went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the 

way , and by night in a pillar of fire , to giv e t h em l i ght; to 

g o by day and n i ght a ,.. 

"He took not away t he pil l ar of t he cloud by day , not the 

pillar of fire by n11ght , from before the people . " 

She s a t for a whi le star ing at t he words on t h e open 

page . J- nd she anti her f amily and all her p eople were t he people 

about whom the Good Book spoke . They were go ing out i nto t h e 

wilderne ss a nd the Lord would gu ide t hem . Literally ' 
He woul d 

guide them by day a nd by night . With my ri fle and my Bible , he r 

father ha d said . She knew now wha t he meant . It was not just a 

say ing . It was a way of life . 
~ .,,.-~ 

fe1~e~ the Bible and r epl a ced it . Ca refully she pu t t he 

rifl e on a chair where she could reach it easily nl quickly . 

She wen t in to t he bedroo . and stood over her sleep i ng son for a 

wh ile, t hen sh e t urned away a nd began to get ready for t he trek . 

here was so r.mch to do • .. uch packi ng . uch sorting . l uch d1ggina 

to ~proot all t he years t hat had g one into the making of t h is 

of t hei rs . 

She pu ll d t he old Boer f ami l kist a little away from 

th wall , opened it, looked around t h e ro om , a nd brushed a 

loose stra nd of ha ir ~ f rom he r fo ehead . ~lboo::~•-----,;;c-
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(Run on after ,3rd paragraph on pa6e ~ ) 

She thougnt of lisper and his mount~in. It was hard to,, 

reali ~e that . it had all happened oniy this morning. Ka&per and 

his mollD.tain. .i.W1 orning after morning, for years, he had climbed 

his mountain and. stood like a tree against the sky till the .early 

sun came -~ up. Ana this morning she had gone out and waited 

for him at tlle foot of the mow:i·t ain. She had felt that if he were 

ever to tell her wh.a~ went on in his mind up there, this was the 

morning. Bhe had been. ri,5.ut. 

IIe bad tried to tell her, awkwardly, why he went up the r e 

each morning. And tbroug.h it, in spite 01· the awkward words, she 

had felt the sense of possession and power it gave him;-his 

contact with t he earth, and his · mastery over everything. -And 

something more. Something she could oniy know by be·ng up there 

with him and looking into his eyes. / 

llia ' eyes ·had looked tenderly at her. ~or the first time in 
. . . / 

a very long ~ime she had fallen in love with him all over a gain. 
. I l , 

~l' hen he had put his arm round her s,-hou lders and said: 

"If you like I will take you up 

~er heart had warmed. ~or years 

t m'orrow morning." 
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she had want" that but she 

ha d known tnat he w~nt ed to be alone up there. 

i'1 0 W she would never go up there wi t .11 him, never know what 

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Ki r h t had fct llen •••• I u 

nd it was t he las t ni _h t •••• 

She la moti on ess . Besi e he r, Ka sper t urned . Hi s snoring 

caned i nto grunt , an t en t he r e was silence in t he room ~he 

listene to t he si l en c e . Ev,r now and then the silenc e was interru­

pted by some littl e soun from t~e dining r oom . Koos was in there , 

keeping atch on the black wat cher behind t h e boulder . In t he 

corner , on his little b ed , ,Stefan r1 s fast asleep . he had )sle p t all 
~ 

t~rough the long night . But ev en his s l eep was trouble d . For a lon 

while she ha listened to his tossing nd turn ing . Now he was 

J;eaceful . 

I a,ge;,h. rst-+~:i-"cro1!yirn~~~:tfl4..,-t.a.u.t,_.Jie.:c_he,arJ~~:ui.m__~ 

I / oad aga tnst ner ears.~ 'oro a tiling a,La fleer; dis tu,Ue<f. ,,..o her 

// .hnn4 elairuny wi r sweat)'fne 'oed had been ha1 d and thi pill oor ha ~ _ 

/ t her _1:eck. 1A syangs rest] essness bad gnawed at ber mind, -- --

:/ Jns' ~2; ! :;::: .::: :::·: 1:::1::: e l,:::.::::d l ::d::H:::p 
( ner f~cr eaming , it had passed and she /h a d relaxed . E!!l'. body -had 

~~ed into tls•;omfeFt of the soft 7/ fler ~Fead of oleepleesaoss~ 

So l'rSW , s he l ay wa iting for the dawn . She 

all . But it di n ' t ma tt er . It wasn ' t a ny t h ing 

She was not a fraid of not slee ing . Day would 

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mov e . In the mea ntime, she had to wait . That was all . 

In the ,other room Koos moved . I t 'Net □ a sl i ght 2 ound bat 

~1e heaid it, She closed her eyes and tried to fix his m v ments . 

He was moving away from t he rindow . rm.ere to? Into t he 

kitchen . Now i t was v ery faint . Hardly any sound at all . Re must 

have gon e for a mug of c offee •••• Ni-:w -l:a. 8 was 13a ek . It W.lSt l<l:aT e 

"e ~@ ~ fo;r a mug of coffe~ That would help h i m keep awake . Only 

she didn ' t need coffee to ke ep awake . 

These l a st two nights , ton i ght a nd l ast night , they were t h 

only ni gh t s i n all the long years of t heir marr i age t hat Kase r 

had not been aware of per body •••• smi le t ugged at one corner of 

her mouth •••• lways , in all t h days of all the ye a rs , it had been 

the s ame . She would get into bed and he would come in and she 

would know . Ev ery night had be en like tha t first nigh t . It had 

been diff r ent in a certa in way , but underneath it had been t he 

s ame . 

That first night , now •• • How she h ad trembl ed . How violent 

had been the beat of h e r hear t . Then he had come in . And suddenly 

she had been c a l m a nd quiet . l e had be n so much more worked up . 

He had been afraid . And when he had come into the b l a ·1kets beside 

her , he had tremble all over . The beat of his heart had vibrated 

t h rough h i s body . Funny h ow , becaus of his trembling and fear , 

she had known the r i ght thing to do . It was something nobody had 

eve r taught hen a~e-Nt. But t he warmth i n him had ca lled for an 

answer , and t h e fear that was i n him had made her te nderly 

protective of his fee l ing . ~M:-t--:i-a1--r-ti-

tfl,own-e • } And she had , . 

good , afterward S() whon he l a .9 sptmt -beside 

had been so c art ent ed . Tha t was h ow it had 

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The wa r mt h of that first time ha d never left him . It had 

chang e ct , become a littl e subdued , more controlled in h i s expres ­

sion of it . And s ome times , she ha d sensed something new running 

t hrough t he wa r mt h tha t was in him f or her ~y. Some time s,_a,,t,:-­

n.a.~bi he ha d l a in besidea her and she had known t hat he wanted 

her . Bu t he had stiffened his body and she had f el t h i m fight 

agains t h i s desire-$op ~@~. She had l a in re l axed , f eeling t he 

har dnes s of his body , s ens ing some thing like shame i n h i m because 

he wanted her . !ost t imes when he ha d flt like t ha t he had ended 

by b e i ng r ough in his lovemaking . But he f:l:ad: neYot been able te 

~st it when the:ee haci b een t hat een!e of iJhame in him . 'J?l.xe 

't:""±mee he had not slept ovith hcF had. l9een the ti,n:eo whe11 he had ITO"t 

foogst againet t he waFffitE f:l:e fel~ ••• •••• t 
The big ellow moon ~ moved to a p osition from where 

its r ays fell directly on . the indow . In the moonlight s he turned 

her head slightly . Now she EDUld look at t he back of h i s bead . 

The ba ck of Stefa n ' s hea d as· ju s t like t ha t . hey both tri ed to 

bore t h eir · hea s into t he pi llo ~ hen t hey slept . 

In the other room Koos coughe • He mus t b e tired . Such a 

ong t i me since he had t ken ov er f r om sper at t h window. 

~Thy couL n ' t she 1 "k _oos . She m ~ -
t rie<\ .... ~-

Gently , ea si , no t to isturb Kasper , she ais ed herself 

and climbed ov e r him. There was no need to dr ess . Last nigh t a nd 

tonight nob ody had u11dre s sed . She went a nd 1 oked a t 3te ~,n . He .,,, 

sle t soun ly . c:he went into t he dining roo • /_,, 
/ 

The moonra s fell o. Ko s 'A a c ' c-O-Ald i' ' :t she 1 · ke h i ? y / ' 

"Anna , " he whi s ered . l/ 
"I can ' t slee • I ' ll ,vatch . You o and rest for a while." 

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s b a t h ed in a soft 1 i gh t t h - t blur r ed ev eryth ing . 

e II . , h e s a i • 

" To • ou res • _ e r ' 1 1 be l ot to do t o mor o . " She did 

n ot lo o a t h i m a s h e o t u • It seeme d a long time b ef or e he 

s a id,t ' 

If 
f u 

"Is he s t i 1 t here ?" 

"I t h i nk so . You c a n ' t s e anything exc e t when t hey ch a n 

gua rd s . They ' ve cha n ed t wic e . " 

She t ook t he rifl e fro h i m a nd ov ed s o tha t he had to _ a k e 

wa f or her to ge t t o t p e cha ir . 

" Su re y ou d on ' t wan t me t o st ay ? " 

11 
: 0 • YOU O • 11 

" Coffe e ." 

" To . " 

She l i s t en ed to h i s li h t footfall s a 9 h e moved t o h is n 

r oo fi~= 1 ; ti te rieo tG hie mr;mcmr11ts Lill i;l:ie, faded 1n te sileffl::e=t 

~ l ean ed bac k i n t h e ·c ha i r a n d lo oked thr u h t h e window a t t n 

moon-b l urred outsid e . Here e s s t ayed on t he r ock where t he u n see n 

watc h er was . The r i f l e r ested ligh tly on her l a p . 

I n a h a z e , her mi nd went bac k over the l a s t t ~o day s . The li e 

t ha t ha d been t h e irs be f or e had been t he i r l i v e s . ow? o she d i d 

n t know . ow t he r e was n o y a r ds tick b y which to measur e life . 

The last t wo days had been fille d wi t h t en s i on . The b l a c( 

watcher behind t he boulder had he med t hem in . He had ~r e ss e d a g a ins t 

their mi nd s . He ha~be en _ beh i nd the words they h a d spoken . He had 

h ov red ov •r t he meal s t hey h a d t a ken . ,,:ru1:-, h n ha4 gon ~ .t 

cto hen: usi-n e s s i the l .vat-ory , the b l ck p recs­ • ad e.e.J1 

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~1"!Yn'f".'1i~.J I n the end it had robbed them of words for each other . _.,,,­

They had g on e eb out wi tl:J. out ip@akh1g , ·werds , too , had 'eecome 

~5:!,itie~ , to be t.le@d Ofil y whefl they had to , 

Koos had been the first to show the strain . t su er , on the 

first nigh t, he had jumped u a nd grabbed his rifle . He had s aid : 

"I ' m g oing to get t ha t b l a ck bastard . " 

And Kasper, wi t h something strangely new in h im , had ord ered 

Koo s to s it down and finish h i s meal . 

nd l a ter oos ha d sa i d bitterly: 

":Vhy don ' t the devil s attack us?" 

She had seen Kasper ' s eyes straying to his moun t a i n from time 

to time . Sh~ had gr own aware of h is pc 1iui yearning to be up on his 

mountai n peak . To b e a t ree up ther e . A tree on t he highes t p oint of 

the l and . 

He had prcimised to t ake her up ther e . He had romised to sho 

her wha t he saw from up ther e . nd she had promis ed her self to look 

into h i s eyes and see £Pom •5•& the t h ings tha t made h i m g o up t here . 

But that was before the ir lives were no longer their lives . 

nd what would t h ei~ lives b e now? What would ~ •life b e ? 

ch e tried to think clearly and ca l mly ••• • How does one 

think of one ' ~ life? Can one hol d it up and look a t it and t h ink abou t 

it? Whe re does on e beg in? .nd what does one use to t h ink with? • • • to . 

That way she did not know how to ge t anywhere . Ther e was only one 

been brought to t he vall ey as a young br ide . 
/ 

ay she knew ••• he bad 
I 

Yes . That was the only way she knew . She ha'd be en brought as a bride . 

s lept with a man rlr t he f irst time . In the In the valley she had 

valley she had become mi stress of ah use . In the valley she had gone 

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and rain an sand a nd pain , had taken on meaning that had become a rt 

of the substance of her life . 

Here she had felt St efan come to life within her . Out there , 

in those days, she had sat i n the sun and smiled wr ly when Stefan 

had jabbed her inside •••• In this val ley she had borne the pain of 

his coming • • •• Yes . That way she could do it . Thinking tha t way she 

understo6d •••• She had come as a young g irl into this valley . In it , 

she had cha nged into a woman, a mother . Into this earth had gone a 

part of h er . It had g one v ery deep . It had spread very wide . The life 

that was in her was a part of this valley . , It was ho e . 

Now , all this had c ome to an abrupt ani .caJd1R end . Soon , now , 

they v.ould take up their t hings and go out of t he valley . 

~y was the hurt so dull , a lmost pa inless? 
) ' 

Why as unbearable as it should be? 
~ 

She saw a movement out there behind the boulder . The shadow of 

a . an s t raightened itself. Another joined it. 

To herself she whis pe red: ---i1They ' re changing gua rds . " 

To the east, a red haze curved , its way round the hump of the 

earth. In front of it , it drove the shadows a nd wherever it pa ssed, 

i t ba t h ed t he l a nd ·n light . 

rorning was breaking . 

She went dn to t he kitzhen to bre 21st 1f coffee . 

? o i t was morning . A clears m1er morning with t h e sun 

b ea ting into t he va lley . 

was n c e s sa r y was on the agon . 

t v, o l ittl e thi nes tha t were not 

to muve. Everyth ing t ha t 

even faun p l a c e f or on e or 

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horses ha been rounded up . St efan was i n the rear of the wagon , 

v1e ge<i safelv where it v: o 1. b e ir.ipossi e for a rifle shot to reach 

, im unl ess t e s 1o cter w s a .. ost in i e t he agon . 

nna , a ha~4 a ad@ sunbonnet on ~er hea , stood wa i ting a t the 

head of the team . ohe was the v oorlooper . The rein of a hide that 

was tied to the horns of th lead ing pa i r and ~7 ;-,rldch she 111;Q'lld-

hung o er her 1 ft le vi bot_ her hands free . In them , 

she carriert her rifle . Ber index 

finger r~ste lightly on the trigger . 

Behind the vrago_n, in a bunch , wer e th ir an iw_na ls , the 

horses ani the h rned cattle . Koos on horseback was riding r und t he. 

keep i ng the . together . Near the stoep N1 LLc 1uttf!l 8 \.a.Spe r ' s hors e 
J 

was sa dle<i . The were al l ready for t he trek . They were jus t 

waiting for Yas er . 

rres e n t l y he came out of t he house . he st o:.. ed brie ly and 

lo oked back then went on ann g ot i nto his saddle . 
~ 

He 1raise ~ rifle h igh ab ove his hea -w-Hh hi~ rigbi hang_ 

Anna t ugged at t he ~ ·.vhiQ & rei rp.. The oxen ca. e to life . The wag n 

creake and mov ed . Ka s ,er nodded t Koos . gr i m smile flitted 

over Koos ' s f a c e . Ie rode round a nd. fl a nked t he an i mals on t he l ef t . 

- sper fl a nked· them on th~ righ t . 

By the time they neared the mouth of the·· valley t he movement 
~ 

had ~ settled into a rythm of it s own . They ne ared the p ost . The 
A. / 

onl sign of tension was an index finger here or re moving an 
inch or so nearer the rifl e trigger . For it was just a 

movemen t . 
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Jansen a rty came abreast . fev women and children were about , 

but none of the men were i n sight . 
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Probably 1 ,y i ng in wait to ambush us, oos t hought . is 

eyes swept f rom side t o side and shot outto the open l a nd outside 

t he Yalley . 

K } ,t . asper r l: t he mountainside. Yes , he had been 

right . One of them was up there . He had caught the gl int of t h sun 

on a rifle . They a r e pos t ed all around us , he t h ough t , He strai htent 

his back and rode on stead ily . The temptation to l ook back at t . e 

h ouse was great . Bu t he knew it was out of sight behind t h e l as t 

bend they had taken . And besides , it mi ght make others curious . 

"I ave ro meth ing t he re for you , .iste,r GoddEl,mned .Johannes ! 

I hav e something t here for you ! 11 He swore softly and bitt rly under 

h is breath. 

The wagon as out of the va lley now . Only t he cattl e . Only 

the cattl • 

In front of t he team , Anna kept repeating to herself : '" i th 

my Bi b l e and my rifle •••• " 

Kasper heard a l oud voice that carr ied a~ ove t he noise of the 

cattle . He kner it was t he black who had wat ched from behind the 

bo.ulder . He knew tha t his surpr ise fior Joha nnes ha d been discov ered , 

It shoul dn 't have ha pened ye t . It was too early . They~fho ul d have 

been a lon way away . ·Nb.a t would th bla cks d o nov,? 

The booming v oic e drew near . The man was running as he 

shouted , and waving his rifle . 
f 

"The hou s e is on fire ! 
I 

is on fi r e ~" The man ' s cry 
,....., 

echoed t hrough t he va lley . ~ens owed suddenly from every where 

on both mountainsides . Some ha d rifles in t heir hands . Others had 

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nna turned , s top ed h er team and calmly r a i sed h er r i fl e to her 

shoulder . 

Ol d J 0 annes • s v oic.e bo omed out sudde nl y . 

"Don , t shoot~ Let t h em be 1. The hou se '. I ut out t h e f i r e'." 

Th e man wh o ha d r a ised n i s rifle hes i tated then lowered it a n1 

joined the ot hers who were hur ry ing d own t h e mounta i ns ide , . Th e 

women were a lready running t oward t h e house . Anna· lowered her rifl e 

and tugged, at t he ra111mflis reins.. The wagon moved again . 

Thrru gh t h e noise, Olg Johannes heard Kasper ' s bi tt erly 

defi a nt l a ugh . ;a hael a flOie of iFim,1ph in it that eehoed tlr:r ettt!;A--

,t;hc V alle.9' 

Ther.e · was mov eme nt ev rywhere . Only Johannes sto od still, 

rema ined where h e ha d be en . The Jan sens were out of t he val l ey now, 

in the J pen among t he t a ll dang e r ous gra ss . Some of t h e ex-slaves 

had ' a lready reached the house and wer e ba ttling with t h e fire . 

Slo"l Y Johannes moved to t he mouth of t he va ll ey a d lo oked a t the 

Jan s e ns mov ing away . 

erhaps Ka s pe r Jansen s ensed t hat ld J oha nnes wa s sta ndi ng 

there l ook ing a t h i m from t h e en tra nce of wha t had onc e been h is 

val l ey . He stopped h i s hor s and t urned . or a whil e t hey s t ared 

a t e ch ot h er. en K s p r r i sed one ra nd t o his mouth , eup i ng 

i t . He sh~ 

"You ill ne er li e in my bed ! Bl a ck bas t rd ~" 

Then, sud e nl y , ije r aised his r ifle, t ook a i m, and fi r d. 

The s ho t f el l sh ort of Ol d J oh nne s . Ka s -er made as i f t o s pu r 
/ ~ 

h i s for t he sudde hinin . f e or s e r ' ut of / r if l e shot a 

fe e t sh ort 0 i s ho r e , oov s s t op p e r a i s ed h is eye s 

t:~em 2li Jsfiearn • and lo oked a t t b' ztain t s ee i f he C uld 

pie out t he mar ksman . The r:1 a.r ksma n as well h i dden . 

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· s er r aised his ri h t fist hi h above h is head ~nd 

it angr ily at .Johannes. It was his last es tur e . He wheeled the 

h rse abru t ly a~ rode away f rom t he va ll ey tha t had been his home . 

h0+n when he a nd h i s f a ther had ridden into tha t 

when he 

years l a t er . 

dream a 

1 ng time a o . The dream 

young br ide , nna , it a f w 
;:, 

of young Ste ,n had ca rried tha t 

~1n op he had f elt himself 

ge tting nea rer to a n unders ~ in m_eaning o that dream . 

For it had been a dream , i~ -aning, without )a ttern or reason. 

It had jus t b en som~ t r{i:: rowing in · e h i m. It had made h i f el 

b i g ; a big etso~ r ~ ng out i g that would one day 
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urst inside hi~ his being with a quali and 

oothing , nquility tha t woul d make h i m Now , wit 

ha.t it , unfulfille ~ , 

things that went into the mak ing of h i s past , 

He rode on till he was beside Anna . She craned her neck back 

and looked ii:liiu,ii:~ up into his face without say i ng a word . For a 

short while t hey mov ed like tha t , Anna looking u a t gi and he 

looking down at her . Strength flowed from her to him . Behind them. 

Koos rged the cattle on tn a gentle
1

persuasiv e voice . He never 

c racked hisvlw4ip , and t he cattl e obeyed . ~e ltR:ti e: W8P)G ,.-itfl ca:t ti .. 

Inside t he wagon Stefan ~ moved to a point where he could look out 

vn the wi de world . F or h i m it was a grea t adv en ture . He had never 

been outsid t he valley an t he world outside was worrterful . 

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ill.Ser and oos rode side by side for a while . Kaser pull ed 

a ma from his pocket a nd t hey studied it t oget:ner. 

"Wes t fo r a day? " s · er asked . 

"Yes . rre will miss t he mounta ins tha t way . Then north , 

nor t h in a stra i ght lin e . Tha t i s the way t he main body is going . 

he other body is go ing ea st al ong the coa st , but t hat Zulu Kaffi r 

Chaka , has his k ingdom t here . nd they say t he black swob knows 

how t o fight . Som:e. say he ' s de ad, killed by anoth ~r Kaf:t'i r ca lled 

DiQgaan rhof13- s t aken h i s plac e . It may be al l lies . I don ' t know . 

What I know is t hose who should know aay the English would wait 

until we ar e settled and t hen use the Kaf f irs as an excuse for 

t ak ing over aga in . 

" Vhat ab out t he Kaffirs in the north ?" 

"There is a story about an Englishman who me t one old 

f a t oily a ffir in a sca rlet cloa k . He ' s ca ll ed uzi- something . 

They s ay h e ' s the only one there and he ' s always drunk . He likes 

col f:;,ed t h i ng s . We ca n probably get a 1 ot 0£. l a nd if we gav e 

hi_ beads -or a pie c e of retty cloth . But mostly t h e l and is 

wild . 

II d mos t of th trekkers are going north?" 

11 es ." 

" Go od . "te 'll go north . eep a good watch fr om here on .~,,......,,__. 

They sepa r a ted ~ Kaspe r veered l eft, oos righ t . They were 

wa tchful no¥, and t ense . Treachery might lurk anywhere in the 

tall grass . 

Behind them towered the moun t ain 

t ha t ha d been theirs . At i ts entrarice, Old 

1 ook ing af ter th .Jansen f ar!lily . He a rv 

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g oi rig . 

He marvel
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k d beca se he had just c aught the full force 
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of Kasp er Jansen ' s ha tred . 

Eut I hav e be en t he s l av e , he told himself . It i s I , no t he , 

wh o ha s been depr ived of freedom for so many yea rs . The richest 

y ears of y life ha v e beens ent in serving him and h is , not me 

a nd mine . Why should h i s ha te be strong er t ha n mine1 I am t he sl a ve . 

I ha v e been robb ed , not he . Yet, str~ngely , he ha t es and I do no t . 

If h eaven were to b e a sked ; '!/ho h a s c a use fo r ha tred ? r e ly , l eav er 

would s a y I , not he . And a s he thought, t he r.ia r v e l g rew in his 

mi nd till it was a huge una nswe r ed qu sti on . 

All that wa:e elea:r ffa a the boiling bitterness in the man. who 

ha4---ewned him a nd his :f' sunily-;--The rest, t h@ vmy and tbe a-ew, was a­

l;ii g question tha t was too mu.ch fo r his wiodo .. 1. 

Te t ook a l ast , ingering lo ok a t t he depar t i ng Jansens t he n 

ma e h i s way to t he h ous e here the f i re was r ag ing . ' he 

Jans en s er gone ant n ow t h , v l l ey b el onge to him and his 

peopl · • f 
I"" c essar , t hey ~ou l r ebu il t he f a r mh ouse a l l ov e r 

aga in . Thc1t vrnul n. be no st r ain . 
.,._S 

he wo l d be bui l i ng for the::iselvi 

for t heir chi ld en . then they woi l d t ill th earth and nurse 

t 1·1eir crops c1n l iv li { ::i n in t e or d of 1Tien . 

A he i7al t .1roigh the valley, plan s took s ·"'P in his 

ind . T ere ere mAny t h i ng s to be don • T ey ould have t o bui l d 

bomes for t h e differl"',..,t fcimilie s . : ":-;/ ,vere not sla v es any long er . 

hey were hum2.11 beings . An human eings liked to live as f a'TJ.il 

U'1i ts . 

11 that ha to be though t a out . In the meantime, they 

be so a rr anged to cause the least friction. The ;~tbooi 

ir1 not g on we l l with big Sar.is on ' s family . '. elJ: 

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his f ce as he t ho 1ght of the differenc es ariong hi s reople . 7/e ll , 

all people are like that . 

k' / thought of his son , Faul , a'ld was sad. he 1.JUshed the 

% dness away and thought of his gran,..son . i.i'or Young Joha nnes he 

hai great ;lans , great dreams . Cne day Young Johannes ,ould be 

l .ader here . He rished it were p ossible f or him t live to see tha 1 

dr: y . Yes , t ha t day would come . The d y 9f Young J ohannes , his 

gra ndson . 

He t hought of a surname for ~is grandson . Some of t he other 

slaves ha d s 1rna .. es they had t aken from their m sters b fore 

t h ey were sold to the Jans en f a!!).ily . The Sams on f a ily t ok as 

surname the name of their .revious owner , a man c o. lled endse . 

Well , his grands on will be Ja nsen. oung Johannes Jansen . The 

Jansens had t aken so 
~ uch from t hem . They would j ust t ake t heir nan 

.1.T othing else . Just th~ir nam • 

reached the farmhouse everybody was fight ing t he 

relay of bucke ts ke pt moving between t he well and the 

h ouse . nd big Samson and t he elde r itbooi kept dart ing into 

the h ouse with ~buckets of wa t er . Smoke s t reamed from ev erywhere 

and fl ames could be seen lick ing avmy in the bedroom . 

Johannes stood a li t tle way b a ck a nd wa tch ed h is people 

at work . He was proud of wh the saw , :p lea sed with h i s peo le . 

He had and still expec ted some d i fficulty with t hem . It is ever 

so . 'Nhen the wh i p , or a ny ot he r inc entiv e of f ea r, is r emoved , 

there is a tendency t o relax , t o let t hings 

just not do anything . ut t hey were doing w 

hoped for , and he was pleas d . 

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E rJr J.i:ffl: the fir e d i d. not ltld t:ter, Fba t roa t..t-e ied we,c t h 8 wa,-6 

ir:i wh ieh tl,,ey f ett~ht it, tRe emsy or deF 9£ U10 ir :w ol'le, 

He s aw his grandson a mong t he children who stood in a bunch , 

watching t he ir elders a t work . He went ova r to t ~e ch i ldren a nd 

s tood among t hem and li s t ened to t h eir excited cha tter. He put one 

hand on h i s g r a ndson ' s head . The c h ildren clu t e red around h i m. 

The fire was gra dua lly be ing brought und e r control . 

_ wordless p r a yer, a p r a yer of fe e ling a nd desir and hoe · 

rose up de ep wi t h in the old man and flowed ove r t he ch ildren of 

t he ex-sl aves and over t he ex- slaves a nd ove r t he burn i ng h ouse 

and ove r the valley and t he mounta ins till it r eached u t o t he 

skie s . 

Wordlessly i t s a id : -

" Tha t ye mi gh t hav e l ife , a nd t ha ~ y e mi ght have it more 

a bundan tly . " 

V/hen t he fire was under contr ol a nd t he eo le turned 

to him, h e s aid : 
. f( 

eo le , now we c an begin . The valley is ours •••• 
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the tall grass, and on the f l at r olling 

land . Ahe~ of th em it sl oped upwards in ev er-~~ curve s t ha t 

roll e d on till t hey were lost i ns ace . Behin , and t t he lef t ot 

them , it sl <, e,, down to t he sea , fc"l l "n away easi ly and entl . 

Th heat of the da was dra i n 

Anri the l a nd was wi ld . n the whole of t ha t day's .iourney ing they 

had seen no sig n of a ny liv i n g being . Birds h a d flown overh ead; 

rabbits and wild buck thev had se en;. snakes\had: slithered away. Bu t i0 

t h ese were not living b e ings, &-0F tbea . These we r e ju s t a part .of t h e 

wild a ~art 9f the ovide and 51 qiing ip~ces , e1 part of the o ile?rne 

All day t hey h a d moved in silence, watc hful and on t he alert . 

Thev had hardly exchanged a dozen word s wi.Ot cash cthw since t h e :v 

h ad l eft t he v a lley . 

Once Ka s per had c a ll ed out to Ko os a nd Anna and pointed back to 

a h ill they h a d passed a n hour earli e r . In the clear ri can sunligh t 

they had seen a tall black man sta nding l i ke a st a tue d n t h e crest 

of the hill . The blade of his t a ll s p ear fl ashed a gainst t h e s unraJII­

They moved fast after tha t. F or all t h e y k new he might be 

sc outing for a band . For a ll they knew t he b a nd mi ght be tra ilin~ 

them, waiting for nig ht to f a ll b efor e attacking . 

Tha t h a d been the only human t hey h a d seen , ad t ha t had been 
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ma ny h9urs b a ck when t h e sun h a d still sat hig ~ n the s~y . Now the 

/ su n was d own a nd t hey were out of t he tall g ass . They we r e d n a wide 

stretch of open a nd it would be i mp ossib/ for anybody to trail them 

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At noon Koos had t aken ove r from Anna as 1- - -- -
Anna had gone into t he covered wag on a nd prepa re d the ir midday 

mea l . She ha d fed Stefan and herself . After t ha t she had relieved 

Koos who had then g one into t he wag on to eat . Af-,t er Koos , Kaspe r 

had gone . The ir mea l was made up of bread Anna had baked es peciall; 

for the jo!., rn ey , and cold mea t. This t hey ha d washed down with sou: 

milk . But they had kept on th~ move throughout . They had not 

stopped once since they ha d left the va lley . 

After Kasper ha d ea ten he ha d t aken over from Anna and sh e 

had mounted h is horse to do t he h erding and scouting with Ko os . 

Kasper had cont inuously urged he r on when me was t h e voorl ooper . 

Resentment t ha t turned to r ebe llion had welled up in her . But 

when he had t aken over the resentment ha d tur ned to admiration . 

He had set a killing pace and sustained it all t hrough t h e rest 

of the day . 

Now t he shad ows of evening were on them . Soon t h ey would be 

comp l e tely wr apped in the darknes s of t he night . They would be in 

the open in the dark . Round t hem would be t he thing s of the da rk . 

ijut of t he da rk might suddenly come the l ea pi ng f i gures of black 

sava ges with gleaming spears . The tension of the day reached a 

point of tautness in each of t hem . 

Without t elling either Koos or Anna , Kas per had hoped to 
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strike either~ farm or some pe ople on tr ek before t he corning 

of darkness . That had been the reason for h i s hurt.yQ, t he reaS-W}---1 
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f0F --H ie k / li1i.g ~ C e he had: se t himsel f-. 

He i f t ed his eyes t o the sky . It would soon be dark now . 

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But they wer e v ery near t hat next hi ll .iMW-. nd , ~erhaps , 

beh ind tha t hill , t here mi ght be a f a r m or there might be eo1.,,le / 

on t rek . He s purred h i ms elf on . He had long since r un out of his 

supp l y of t he day ' s ration of b ilt ong Anna had doled out to each of 

t hem . But wha t ev er h ~pp ened , he wou l d g t to t ha t hill . Darkness 

er o ded in fast . But tha. t hill had to be reac11ed . 

In t he ga t nering ! ark nna rode up to h i m. 

"Its dark , Kasper ," she sa i d . 

"Yes . We ' ll stop as soon as we ' v e rea ched t ha t hill , " He 

0he lo0ked . 

0 inted 

"It wil 1 be blac k b fore we g t t here , 11 she said . 

"We mus t get there ," he said . 

"We c a n ' t , " s h e s a id . 

11 1/e wil l ," he s a i d . 

ne t urned her head· and looked at th da rk as t h oug~ she c ould 

feel a· d .. easure it . Then she t urned he r eyes bac k tu him . 

11 ... t 0p , Kasper ~ " she shouted . 

11 './e must go on , " he s aid . 

She spurred t h e horse on a few a rds then turned it dire c tly 

in his path . 

" Get out of t h e way , " he c a lled . 

She r m~ ined fac ing him in silenc e . 

" 'llho - o- a ~ 11 l!a s pe r r oar ed and tu rned h i s tea • 

The tea m lumbered to a stop wi t h h a rdly any space between t h e 

leaders and nna ' s horse . leading 

oxen and t · e h orse . na backed 

wel _ up in hir.i. . It was in 

saw a blind , burning anger 

In t hem was ev ryth1ng t hat hac 

b~gun tha t orning ; Old Jo a nnes; his valley and h is mountain, the 

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home he had l ef t; the years of drear ing mFl. .._,lc,nning that had 

come to a sudden end; his b i tter a nger a~d h ~ tred against th 

:Cn ~lish . All t he ~ id!Sliffi.i ='"s trings vrere pu lled tog ther at l a s t , 

and it was a cumula tiv e anger tha t he tu rned on her . 

He walked slov.ly , a lmost careful l y toward h e r . In a fog of 

darkness everything seemed clear to h im . He re· ched up ~n ull ed 

he r fr m t he horse . She f e ll a t his feet. A:fl a8 1 isQ]f8d: are her IJis 

ange r was p in ointed i nto a sha r p , kni elike h a te t h a t was di rec ­

ted at her . He wa s on the v erge o:t' darkness . She closed he r eyes 

and waiten . 10 

" Kas per ~" 

So ·'le compelling po ~er in th-= v oice made him l ook up . 
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nna opened her eyes . Kasper ' s eyes focus don the r i f le in _oo ' 
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hands . It wa s r a ised to 00s 1 s shoul d~r a~d it was l eve l ed a t h i m 

There was so e t h ing awful about t h e steadines s wi t h wh ich t he 

of the r i fle trained on him . 
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nna go t s l owl y t o her feet and stepped back . Ka s pe r 

dropped h i s eyes f rom t he rifl~- po int and l ooked b l ankl y around 

h i m. 

" We s top here , R.oos , " nn a said. in a oeelm v eio a.. 

Koos l owe red his ri f l e a n d di sm ounted . Be we n t by sper 

and began to outspan t he te am . PJ1na went t o t he bac k o the 

wagon and g t _.... the t h i ngs out t ha t wer e needed to p re a re t he 

evening m a l . When Koos _h ad finished ' ou t spanning he p roc e ed e d to 

halter a ll t he animals exc6pt the sheep . 

g oing and two t h ree - legg e d p ots we r e ov r it . 

Kas p er stood where 

Anna had a fire 

stood t he re for 1 

a long while , unaware of 

imp erceptibly , awareness 

h imself an of everyt ~ ing else . Sl owl y , 

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making the an i mals s a fe for the night . They did not speak 

.a-a.en ether. Ev e r y now and then he turne d h i s head to look a t 

Anna . He could see her cl early by the g low of t h e fire near 

w~ich she worked . f• ' ) . ) •J 

By t he time t he two me n h a d finished with the a n ima l s Anna 

had t he food re a dy . She sat on a littl e box with her b a ck pr opped 

up b y the rear - end ~~ t h e wagon~~ w:b a hael bee:R by hi1rns el,.f 

. 1 1 ~ay , <i-;aned agains t h er . He h a d a lready e a ten . Wnile she 

dished up for t h e men he t a l ked to h er . 

" Wh en ar e we go ing home , ma? " 
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"One day soon , my little heart •••• Now come on, wha t i s the 

l e tter a fter H ? I told you l a st n i gh t~ The l e tter a fte r n ow . " - -
He screwed up h is f ace and t ri ed t o rememb e r the l e tter 

after J/. . But somehow it woul d n ' t come . His hand reac ed u p t o he r 

neck ann c a res sed it s smoothness . 

" Why a r e we her e, ma ?" 

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"Because we are going to a new home . Now _~J " 

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111,Vhy a re we go ing to a new home, ma? " 

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"Bec a use t h ere will be no Englishmen and we will be hc:1.yl-' i e r . 

He t u rne d his head t o t he filen who were eating in sil en ce . 

"Wh a t i s a n Englishman , Oom Koos? " 

"An Engli shman is a devil , " Koos s a i d . 

sh ifted to his f a ther . 

" V1L t i s a de v il , pa? " 
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" A b l a c k and evil t h ing , " Ka s pe r s a id . /.., 

" Your alphabet , " An na said 

"B." 

"B. II 

firmly . " Let 
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"C ••• Vlha t ••.• 11 

" To ••• D •••• " 

II Oh ••• D. " Hi s voice bega n to we a k e n.i 

"H." 

" '"a • ••• " 

" - H. " 

"H . II 

" And aft e r ~ omes II 

" fter h comes i · a . .. " 

"Yes ." 

" a n I p l a y with P c..ul to mor row? " 
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"T2u l is b lack a nd all bl a cks are .sel.§. " Koos s a id . 

"But I wan t to p l a y with h im . " 

nna p ut h e r arm round h i m. 

" He will not b e where you a re going , my littl e h e a rt . " 

"Is h e st ay ing a t h ome?" 

UThey h a ve stolen· ur home . r eCTe mber that , 
~ 

stol n our h ome . " \.a s p er ' s voic e ,; as cold . 

tefa n . hey h a v e 

Stefan nuzzled hi s head aga inst hi s r:t other ' s bosom a nd we n t 

to sleep . irnna rock ed g entlv . 

Outsid e t h e circle of li h t cast by t he fire , the d' a rkness 

wa s com -, l e te . little away from them t h e y cou'J.d hear the st aCTping 

a nd move ment of the nimals . Occasionally a s heep bleated or a horse 

snorted . Apa rt from tha t the darkness wa s covered by an awful silence . 

They sat listeDing t o t h e silence for a while . hey felt the 

s h roud of dark ness about the . 

"We ' re sure to str i ke someL1ing tomorrow , " :oos said . 

Neither oft e other two said anyt hing 

" The re a re ~ any on trek a nd we ' re sure to meet some . " 

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Anna rose s lowl y , caref'ul not to wake Stefan . She eased 
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him on to t he wa g on a nd cl i mbed in a fter him . Bla~kets were 
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spread t e ffl&1c@ a 'e @l a i n s ide t h e t e t ed par t of t h e wagon . he 

lift ed h i m to h i s p l a c e in t h bed . He mumb led once , rolled ove r 

a nd se ttl e d for t he nig~t . 

As s h e bent over him , she flt si ckness rising u p i u~,e~ly 

in h er . Sh e he ld i t in by .;..eea!.' for ce of' will and tucked t he 

b lankets in ov e r t he sleeping child . The si c kness c ame up in 

wa v es t ha t would not b e de 1 ied . Sh e h a d t o go out and retch . 

She had near l y t l d a s er about it yeste r d ay . Now it was ~ 

late . The re we re too many other t h ing s t o be attended to, a nd 

telling him now would only put further 5train on him. And, 

etra ngely, ehe d id not wa nt to t ell him now. It just did n ot seem 

i mporta nt to t ell h i m. Later, p e rhaps, when it c oul d no long e r be 

h idden . She f ught down t h e wav es of n a use a a n d climbed s lowly 
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ou t of t he wag on . Casua lly s h e wa l k ed aw y till s h e was out of 

the light of t h e f i re , then sh e hurri e d fo r wa rd till she c ould 

cont a i n herse lf no or e . She went down on her knees a nd o~ened 

h er mouth . She vimited pa i nfully , choking a nd ga s p ing for 

brea t h , a nd try ing , at t he dame time , to be quiet about it so 

t hat the men shoul d not hear . 

'Nh en it was all over she s a t i n· t he dark on he r knees , 

b re a t h ing heavily a nd wiping her f c e and the inside of her 

mou th with a corber of her apron . 

Wonder when it is , · she t h ough t . She c as t her mind b a ck . I t 
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was l a st month tha t she missed her tim ;; It was De cember n ow . 

She counted on h e r fin g ers in the k . From t he end of Tov embe r 

t o t h e end of next ugust wou l d 

be sometime a t t h e beginnin 

nine· mon t hs . Ie r h a ps it would 

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be settled bey ond the reach of t h e Eng lish l aw . erha s t he house 

woul d b e built by then a nd s he would be abl e to hav e h e r b a by in 

t h eir n ew home . She knew Kasper would wa nt it to be anoth er boy . 

She wa nt ed a g irl . She didn ' t mind a boy , but a g irl would be 

compa ny . n d s h e wou l d be a b le t o do more for a girl. ake pretty . 

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col0 red frocks , a nd a g irl would be a bout the house with he r • 

.:.,.; 

Kas p e r wa nted sons . He wa s a f ar1?1er an d h e wanted sons to be 

f ar~ers with h im a n d s p read t h e name of Jansen . She was a woma n and 

it would be go od to have a g irl about t n e hous e. 

Sh e g ot up and s to od for a moment whil e t n pa in sett l ed , 

t he n s he walked wl owl y b a ck to t h e fire . She knew t he men would t 1 r 

s h e h a d g one t do h e~b~sines s . Th ere wa s_ no n e ed to ex l a in . 

Kas p e r was cl eaning a rifle by the ligh t of t h e fire . Koo s 

sat staring a t t h e leap ing fl ames , c h ewing a b lade mf g r ass . She 

took h er se a t and g a ve t em cof ee . 

" /ha t abut t he first wa tch? " Koos as k ed . 

11 ! will t a ke it," ..a s pe r said . 

"You will c a ll me ?" oos s a id . 

" Yes . " Kasper s a id-. 

11 n~ me ? " n Da a ske d . 

"Rest toni gh t " Ka s p e r s a id . 

Anna look ed a t ' i m but h is eyes were s t ubborn l y turned ~iay 

from her . he smiled inwa r dly a nd sat back , r e sting the s mall of 

he r back aga in s t a point of t h e wa g on . 

Koos looked from Anna t o Ka spe r , y avmed , s tretched himse lf 

a nd jump ed to hi s feet . He re a ch e1 pa st Anna a nd _ot a bla nket . 

"Bed fo r me , II he s a i d . " Goo n i ght Kas e nna ••• II . . . 
He p ick ed up his rifle and walked 

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h is eAses, he str e tched full - length on the grass , n u rsing his 

rifle with his right index finger near the trigger . For a wh ile 

he l ay staring· a t t he Southern Cross and the myriad s of star s that 

mad e up t he ilky W,~ , t hen he wh ispered "Dam " ,'( closed h is eyes,J"f. 

and slept lig h t ly , u easily , half ~wake . 
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In t he d rcl e of t he fire asper sat s t aring at n thing . Re 
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wanted to look at Anna , t ou ch some part of her and tell her h e 
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was sorry . Bh agains t tha t t h ere wa s something de ep inside him 

t ha t was not sorry . She h a d no business to int erfere wi t h his 

deci s ion. He wa s t he le a der of t h e Trek . He had s a id they snould 

re a c h t he hi l l . She had n o busines s to interfere . No b us iness 

at all Nei ther had Koos . 

From t h e heart of the leap ing flames t he fa c e of b l a ck 

Joh annes rose t o mock h i m. The b l a ck f a ce was mas ter of his 

walley ; black fe et would climb his mountain; black eye s would see 

wha t he had seen . No . Bl a ck eyes would not s e e wha t he h · d seen . 

o . Bl e ck feet woul d not cli b his mounta in . There woul d be 

nothing in it for them. 

The face t hat was i n i_·p1.e" l eaping flames was no longer the 

face of black Joh a nnes moc k i ng h i m. It wa s t he face of h is f ather. 

He listened and t he words came t o h i m i n soft whi spers and he 

a _ swered i n the s ame w i spering t ones . 

" I t old y ou ; Ka s p er • " 

" You did ?" 

"Yes , I d id . " 

" It was a long time ago . " 

"Time n eve-r ma t t ers . " 

" 1'he n what ? " 

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11 I've forgotten . " 

11 I k 10W • 11 

" I me an I ' v e f or got ten what t o re ember • " 

"Tha t ' s wha t I mean . 11 

" Then h ow do I r emember?" 

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" You will now , a lways . Ju s t t h ink a nd you will se e tha t ." 

" I remember you t elling me ab out t he firs t wa r with t h e 

Kaffirs . " 

"Not only t ha t ." 

" nd ab ou t t he camp of women . " 

" Tha ~s part of it ." 

"Ye s , it was a long time ago a nd it waBn 't f a r from the Old 

ort . 11 

"Yes?" 

"We we r e still under the old Du tch omi,any ." 

" Yes? " 

"Th e me n had r idde n off t o hun t and t he women were alone . It 

was thought safe b e cause it wa s so near t he ]'ort . vrnen the men 

I came ba ck es , when t h e men came ba ck nearly all the uld women 
M,. 

we r e l y ing d ead with s pear - h ole s i n their bod ies and a ll the 

young women ha d bee n r aped . " 

' " Thats part of it . Remember you asked me a l ot of questions 

about it?" 

"Yes , I r ernenber . 11 

"You di dn ' t believe it , d i d you? It was be c~use of all 

t h ose storie s t h e missi ona ries ma de up . They 

of t ru t h i n it . They s a i d nobody had come fo 

was no a tom 

said there 

was no record of it a nywhe re in t he Old Col ony ' s h istory. And you 

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bec ause th re wa s no proof . " J 

"Yes , I re:nember . " . 

"Do you still want roof? " 

"G ood . Tha t i s part of r emembering . " 

" I r emember other thin~s t oo . " 

"Tha t i s good . " 

• 

"I remember ~ r a ndma and your younger brother . They were burn 

a live during the l as t great kaffir ,ar . 11 -
" There was proof of t 4.a.t , heh ?" 

"We still hav e the ol kis t with burn- marks a ll over it . It 

was t he onlv t ~ing t ha t c ame out of the fire exc ept t be white bon e s 

of ~ra dma and your younger broth er •. " 
;:.. 

" So y ou do reme ber . " 

" I remember my own s i s t er . We we r e a l l t hre e riding toge t er . 

he fell forwa rd in he r s addle . We didn ' t s ee t he arr ow for a long 

__.---- mme . Bu t we caught hi , d i dn ' t we?" 

"Yes , my son , we c aught h im 

"Yes , sh e was d ead . " 

But she was dead . " 

" nd now you and your vall ey , t h e va lley we found tog etae r?" 

"Yes , now I ' v e l es t our va lley a nd Stefan has n o home and 

nna , my wife , ha s no home , a nd my brother Koos ha ' no home . " 

"And you have no h ome , my son . '! 

"You know why 
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" I know why ... I shared my s at wi t h him 

when he wa s sick . I drank coffee N"ith h i m some t imes . I t a lked to 

h im as with a f r iend •••• " 

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"Yes , I n ev e r use d a whip on any of them. I followed 'i s 

advi c e . I li s t ened t o him . When he s a id any of t hem were sick 

I be li ev ed h i m a nd l e t t h em be . " 

"What did it a ll mean? " 

"He gave t h em orders . He was t heir master more t han I . 11 

" That i s i t . " 

" Yes , t h ey li s t ened t o )Jim . They did h i s bidding . " 

" nd he had no f ear of you be c a use you t a lked t o h i m and 

smoke d with him a n d drank coffee with h i rn . " 

" Ye s . " 

" He l ooked you i n t he eye and mt was .Y.Q.1! who t urned you r eyes 

away . " 

" The v were many and t he re we r e on l y two of us ." 

"It began befur e t ha t, my son . " 

"But I had t o a r m t he, • " 

"Before that ev.en ." 

"When . " 
u:,..------

" When you fo r g ot to r eme ber . " 

"But I tol d you ~" 

"Yes , and you drank coffee with h i m and smoked wi th him 

and l a ughed wi th him . Now you hav e n o v a ll ey . You shou~d h a v e 

r emember e d . " 

"Then I was wrong . " 

"Th a.s is ,your puhi shmen t . " 

" oos said it many time s ." 

" He h a sn ' t your head but he u d e rst ood . " 

11 nlh2 t am I do to , f a t h e r?" 

" Tie nev e r ma tt ers . It is not t oo l a te to r emembe r ." 

"or the ~ orth wh ere we a r e go ing ? " 

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childr en . " 

" And for all time . " 

"Tha t i s it , m · s on. " 

" For always we must r e memb e r t h ey a re m&ny a n d we are few . " 

"Th a t i s most i port an t . " 

" Never b e kind . They don ' t und e rst a nd i t . " 

" Yes . " 

" Tr eache r y is beh ind e v e ry smile of ev e r y man , woman , a nd 

ch ild of t em. " 

"They are not like us , · s pe r . Lo ok a t t h ei r faces , lo ok a t 

their bod i es , look a t t h e ir eyes , look a t the ir h a ir . Tn ey ' re 

not like us; Ka s p er ." 

" Thiy a re c h ild r e n of the devi l a nd t h ey c a n only u d ers t and 

f ear . Noth i ng else but fe a r . " 

"Tha t i s t h e a nswer , my son . Tha t 1s t he an swer . 

The f a ce flowed out of t he fl ames an d it was jus t a burning 

fire . Ka s per st a re d bla n k ly at t he leap ing fl a mes . He s h ook h is 

h ead on ce to clear it then turned to Anna . 

" Did I say any t h i ng ? " 

"No.'> a s pe r . You we re very s il e t . I t h ought you were •l o.rming 

fo r tom or row . 11 

"I l a nn ing for t morrow?" He frowned th0ug h t fully til l t h e 

words s a.nk i n . " Yes . Yes , of c our s e, 
/ . 

I wa s 'p lan n ing for tomorrow . 11 

He l ean e forwa rd , r este d his elbows on 

f a c e in h i s b i g red hands . 

" You are tired , Kasp e r . " 
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s t h i g h $ and cup ed his 
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" est for a whi l A. Li e down . I ' ll wa tc i1. I don ' t fe e l 

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" Just for a wh il e • 11 

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"Yes , jus t for a whil e . I ' 11 ca ll you . " 

~he ra ited for h im to lo ok at her . His eye s a void ed her , 

lo ~ ed e v erywhere exc e ton h e r pe rso . He had no t once : lo oked 

directly a t he r sinoe he had pulled her of · the h orse . The h a d not 

~ touched eac h othe r . Al mo s t, she could feel t he phy s ic a l nature 

of t he wa ll b e tween t hem . 

She got up and p repare , a bed for him near the fire , just f a r 

enough ~ the glar e not to int erfere with h i s slee p . he s t 0od 

n ear h i m. She pushed out on h a nd t o t ouch hi s bowed head t h en 

pull ed it b a c k aga in . She went to her sea t a t t he re a r o · t e a 0n . 

" Kaspe r ." 

Ee r a ised h i s head . 

" Thank you . " 

He wen t round t h e fire and stre tched h i mself on the bl ~ k et, 

QH -t.h~ g r e:rnd . He tur ne d h is head to h r . he ir eyes met , t h en h is 

sla~ ted awa y a nd looke~ a t a po int of da rkn e s s t o her right . 

" You will ca ll me," he s a id . 

"Yes," she s a i d . 

----------,..-,----·- He r olled over , turned his bac k on he r and t he fire • 

..J,i-g}itJ¥, Hoi s eles s l y , nna put two log s on t e f ire . t vm s 

a wa r m ni h t but t he fire was n ot fur warmt n but for lignt and 

pro tecti o~ agai~s t t h e c rea tures or the wil • She p icked u p het 

rifle ~H · o.a :t;bo G'f'etmd· :,cs iEio lH, s,. examined it> and r e sted it on her 

l a . She l eaned ba c k again s t th~ wag n p oint and ~c a nned the da r k­

ness around . Her ea rs were a ttuned t o c a tch t h _ slightest a lien sourrl. 

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Kaspe:r had sp oken out loud . ,...he h ctd heard it and li s t ened a d 

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~ 1a oe 1 i t t oge t he r . She t houg~ t abou t t 1e s t r ange conversation a nd 

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coul haVP h eard his fc1,t her ._ But visions only c ame to individuc,,ls , 

not to coup les or groups . She a c epted t he meaning of E.asl-ier ' s 

visio ·w.ithout quest i ,on , vi t hou t doubt . Visions h ad: ·g a p p ened so 

often t o peopl e • . to. ~ther peopl e , why not to Kasper ? She tri ed to 

reca ll the words a n d the mean ing of t he word s . ,She must t ell t h em 

to St efan when he up . That was i mpor t an t . s soon as he vas 

able to und ers•tand she mus t tell him abou t this . 

Koos understood about J\.as-per . It w uld be easy with 00s 

seeing . till , she could not help her diclike of r os . he h ad 

understood wh n 
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out. It hap 

Eas er had pull ,f ier off 

en again . ~h e must also 

Not everything . Just let him know . 

the horse . Thy rust wat c h 

t ell o s ab 0ut the vi sion . 

d tomoiro,. Would there . v e r be any real t~. orrows or 

them now1 The valle was far a way and the future was hidden in the 
. . . 

unkriown d a ikness of t h is v as t l a nd . Would . t here e v er again be a 

time for a rea l home and the li tt,le things t a t go int t he c:~kin 

of a home? Woul 1 there ver again be the peace they had had int e 

valley] esterday a d t.od .y see ed n t t be long to the sa:ne world . 

Yest rday . It flowed t hrough her mind with the ease of a : 

:wee ·» dream . 1 1 the yesterdRys tha t had ev er been in her li fe 

crowded hard upon each other and carr ied her along i n their 

sweep . 

There was ,Ta p i e and her mother and her f athe r and her t wo 

sis t ers . They were t hree sistirs and one brother and he was the 

y unaest of them all . Al ways( at t ab l e , they stood in a c ertai n 

order and their father use / to count them off . First · Ja 1e , be c ause 

he was a man . Only a t t ab e did he hav e precedenc e ove r t h em. And 

hm·r he enjoyed it t Hi s ittl e ch est went out a ljd he looked wery 

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stern about t hat . Jap ie was a man at table and t hey dared not . Outside 

and i play t hey could taunt him b y shou ting• 

"Jap ie , Jap i e , you look like an apie . ; • • 1pi e , ap ie , you l ook 

like Jap ie . " 

But at t able he was~ e man . And how he ha ted monkeys because of 

tha t shouting of theirs . Once he had killed a monkey bec ause he 

really believed he look ed like it . fter tha t their moth er had spoken 

to them about shouting it at him . 

First there was Jap ie because he was a man . Th~n Johanna, t h en 

,'.:aria; and then s he herself , Anna , because she was t he youngest exce t 

for Japie wh o was at t he head of t hem all in any case bec a use h e was a 

man . 

And fath er used to stand a t the head and look down at !!1 t h er -at the other end and his eyes would l a ugh as he ca ll ed : "11 here , " 

as if he c ou l d not see them. ~he n he would ca ll t he ir names in t ha t 

order . hen they would all bow their head s and he wcul d pray a nd 

t he Lord for everyth ing t ~a t had ha pened and for t he food they we r e 

going tq eat . 

·!aria was the first to leave . A y oung redika nt carried hero f 

to far-off liwal . Funny to think of !ar ia , t h e nois i es t and naughti e 

as t h e wife of a preache r . How they had teased her about i d 1:md 

about the s olid dignity of t h e young preache r . Then Johanna , whom 

t hey had expected not to find a husband , had marr ied a rich man with 

t hr ee farms and many slaves who was someth ing im ortant in 1-\frikaner 

politics in Cape Town . Johanna was more surprised tha n anybody else 

about it . She had always said she was resigned t o not marrying and 

she was gay about i t. 

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Yesterday bega n to lose its facile ease . 

fter t hat t he re wa s only h er self and mother and fath t r 

and Ja:pie . Then .sper Jan sen a nd h is father had ridden by one day:i 

Tha t , too , belong ed to yes te r day . The brightness of t h e day when 

Kasper Janse n h a d ridden by . The weakness at her knees when he 

had looked directly at her and smiled . The old :people had p robed 

dee p into each other' s f a mi lies but they h a d sat silent, exchargin 

secret l 0oks . That had bee n the beginning . 

Since then l aughter h d grown ~ rare a nd now there was 
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none . Laughter . That was wha t he r · mother hspoke11 \of the last time , 

on that d a y she rode away with Kaspe r . How had it gone? h yes . 

It beg a n: " nna. , yo:.i a re l a u ghing now, bu t you d.0n ' t marry for 

La u ghte r . " Then her mother h&,d n spoken b he r pi one e r ing days, of 

the wa rs be~we e n Boer and Ka f fi r t ha t s he h a d se e n . She never 

u nd e rstood why her mother h a d spoken like t ha t . In all t he years 

t h a t had g on e by it had bee n remembered jus t as a mother ' s adv ic e . 

Now she u nd e rs t ood . 

If only s he cou l d t a l k to he r mother now, ask her to say 

those words ~ ov e r again . 

"But it is t oo l a te ," she whispered . 

The moon h a d risen, ~ a poi~t almos t directly ov erheaQ. Th e 

s harp d a rknes s of t h e night w~s s often ed . Th e sta rs were not quite 

as bril l i a nt as they h ad been . I t was f ossibl e , now, to see tre 

v ague out line of t he ir c a ttle . 

She heard t he €oftest s ound and cu r led h er finge rs round 

her rifle. hen s he relaxed as sh saw Ko os coming liga~i~ 

toward her . She r a ised her hand and indicated sil ence . Koos tip toed 

close to her . 

She whis pe red : ........ / 
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"Is he l r,Aght ?" 

" Yes . He was v ery tired . " 

"I ' l l t ake ove r . You re s t . 11 

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"No . He won ' t u d e rsta nd . You g b a ck . I ' ll wake him . " · 

"I ~ be tt er for h i m t o rest . " 

"He won ' t underst a nd . " 

11 ~1 ~ t . II 

"Le t h i m w tch f or a while t he n come . " 
) 

"Dfti y ou h ear?" 

"Yes . But he d oesn ' t kno, . 11 

Koo s ti p toed back t o h i s bla nket . 

nna c a lled sof tly : 

,,--; a.spe r , Ka s pe r . 11 

He roll ed on h i s back t hen s a t up . 

"Havt I slept long ?" · 

t __,, 
t , you re st • " 

She climbed i n to t he b a ck of t . e wag on, c a reful not to wake 

St efa n , and ea sed h ers elf nown . She put her h a nds on he r s t omach 

but there wa s nothing to fee l yet . It wa s much too e a r ty. She 

closed her eye s a nd t h ought of t h e u nborn ch ild t h a t was beg inn ing 

ins i de he r . The emp ty sadness wen t from h er . The streng t h of the 

earth flowed into her . 

It s h ot t h rough h er mind like a p oint of lig h t in a ~ l a ce of 

darkness 

ctefan , Kasp e r 

child , t efa n . y child , 

he r : I<;a s p er was like Stefan . Like 

c h ild to be protected . } y 

d my unborn ch i ld . 

I · must sleep , she ol d h e r s e lf . , leep woul d not c ome . The 

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ou t rythm or orde r . They jus t bubbled along , crazily , thrb~ 

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__ __,.,t:.-,..._....·n .drag i-n ~ F irs t- 1;e ... way ,- t h en anet he • An ~u . contr0:; 

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.an r- em "'7"0'rl , h- f 1 ow in g s t r e am frf-~~Ail'J, us 

mirum_i~i.;Q.u..;.r.:r~ia~~ ;a.1,~- ~d{through he r mi~d a nd body . 

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Th~ wagon creaked to a st op . irectly in front of it -
sloped a mo unta in , not steep for a man t o climb , not even s teep 

for a horse , but terribly stee i:, :for a n Olfflagon . 

Kasper and Ko os had ridd en ahead t o see if t here was Ow 

na 

brought u p the rear . 

oo s came riding b a ck round t he l eft side of the mountai 

"Nothing t her e , " he c a lled . " I t curv es away t o the horizon 

but its high al l a long ." 

They waited fo r Ka s f e r . While t hey wa it ed An na b r ewed 

coffee . Koos a nd Stefan sat on a ~ b oulder . Stefan had a stick 

wi t h whi ch he s c r a t c hed for lizards . Koos r an his finge rs through 

t h e l ong , r agged1f ai r beard t ha t .h ung down to his c hes t . 

The days of their trekk ing h a d flowed on till they had l ost 

all .count of time . na had kep t a t a lly t i ll vhristmas , afte r 

tha t s he g ot confused a nd ~iuP!l)3 ••• gave it u p a lt ogeth er . 
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It was t he unhappines s lof t ha t __.hristmas tha t had he lped 
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to c onfuse her ••.• How terrib] e it had been . ~he cou ld t h ink 
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about it now. She poked t h k ire a nd a ll owed her mind t o s tra y 

back to t ha t day ••• • 

orn ing was bright~r t han usual tha t da y . It was the bi r th 

of Ch rist . The Day of the Lor d . And the day itself se emed to say 

it . They were in a nar r ow st r ip of l an d between t wo l ow h ill s . She 

had i nsisted tha t thi s Day of the Lord bes en t not as a l l o t her 

days had been . So t h ey stayed when morning c ame . o os a nd Stefan 
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bui lt a fi re . She plan ned t h eir C ri s t mas dinner . She t hough t o 

a lesson fr om the Bib l e . They rnul d s ing hymns . ·But first t he 

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ear l y mo rning lesson and t h en the Chr i stmas dinner . 

The les son . They all stood bareheaded in t h ett i ght morning 

sun ih il e she read it : 

" Tow t he birth of Jesus hris t was on t h i s wi se : 'vVhen as 

h i s m t he r .tary was es p oused t o Joseph , gefore t h ey came togeth r , 

she was found wi t h chi ld of t he Holy Gh os t . Th en Joseph he r husband , 

be ing a jus t man , an rt not will ing t o iake 1er a ~ublic exru ~le , 

was minde to put her 'i'lay ,r i vily . 

"3 ut while he t h o lght on t h se t hings , behuld , t he angel of 

t he' Lor apDeared unto him in a drea , saying , Jose ~h , t h ous n 

of D~vid , fe a r n t to t ake unto t hee ~ary t hy wi e : for t ha t which 

i8 c once i ve d in her i s of t 1,.e h oly h ost . ATI<l. she shall bring f o · th 

a son , a n _ t i: ou sh&.11 ca ll Jo.is name esus: fur he shall save h is 

peopl e fror.J. t heir sins . " 

.\fte:'mrds , she went to t he waeon f or t :-:.e t h ings with.wh i ch 

to m:-~. ce din ·1er . It he d happened t h en . Her tear s fl owed . There wa s 

nothing for a pudding . The re was only b iltong a nd meali e . meaa. 

Water was short . nd the wor ld , s udden l y , was desol a t e a1 d lo l y . 

I t wa s t he Day of t he Lord but i t was not as othe r such 

days had been . 

The absence of a proper ~h ristmas d inne r , of al l the little 

th1ne;s th t hc;,d always made u p their 0hristmases, hurt r.iore thc:tn all 

the other things t ha t had gone bef ore . A11d fe,r t he i rs t time sh 

wept . She climbe the hill ab ove tri.e strip of l a nd . here sh e was 

away fron the ,-, n . There t hey wo1;>,l d. not se l er t a rs . 

:5:arly j_n ~he a fternoon of" t ha t hristmas day t hey ins p· nned 

. aYJd r.1oved aga in . .n1 a fte r tha t? '.!ell , it Yas af t er t ho- t t ,.a t t he 

days had lost their meaning , had becone c onfused , till ne day wa s 

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nd e a c h day brought the sun b ea ting down pitiless l y . 

each night brough t ~a rknes s an~ tensi on . 3 o .e t imes it rained . 

Some times t he wind b l ew . But for al l tha t, eac h day was t he same . 

1 rays , they kep t on t the ,; orth . It was t he lromi sed Land . 

Eacn day t he y ushed on u p t he gentle s l cpe . Sometimes the s l o~e 

fell a wa y a n d t he l a nd was f l a t . Then t he s lop e woul d be t he re 

aga i n . ~ or d ays t h a t were without number or rec ord they CT ove d up 

t he s~ ' terraces t ha t se emed as number le ss a s t h e days tha t 

were beh ind t h e1:1 . 

At n i gh t , the y stopped a n d o~tspa nned . With morning t h ey ~ 

inspanned a nd 1:1ove d on . They r a rely spo e to e a c h other . 'hey ~ 

cq:-:ossed rivers , cl imbed hills , fough t t he dus t of desertl a nd in 

si l ence . Whe n t h ey ~ spoke,f it wa s to speak of ne c es s ities only . 

Whe n t he h a d no need t o s peak of ne c ess i t ies, they s har ed t h e 

b r ood ing si l ence of t he wild l a n d in wh ich t hey moved . It was so 

even with t he c h ild , S t efan . Only at nights, r und t he oy en fire , 

afte r the evening me a l , wh en he t ook his lessons from his mo t he r , 

wa s the spell of silence broken . 

The me n took part in t h ese l essons to o . It h ad hap e ned 

imp erc ep tibly . Ea ch night they h ad listened a little more i n tently 

as nna an d Stefa n went over t he alphabet . Th en t hey had begun to 

s pell out letters with t he boy . Kow they were a ll a a rt of , na ' s 

cl a ss . 

h7oured two mugs of coffee a nd c a rried t hem to where Koos 

and Stefa n wer e . She was h anding Koos hi s mu g when t he ech of of a 
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rifle shot ~arried to t hem from the direction - asper had t a ken • ......_,, 

Koos r an to his horse , v aulted into the s a ddl e an d rode of • 

Stefan flun g hi s stick a way , r a n to t he head of t he t eam~ and grabbed 

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she ws s b e sid - he r son . 

Oupa . " 

" L..aff1rs , na ':" 

"Jo:'1 ' t know . _It Yra s y ur f ,~ t he r ' s ritle ." 

"La ffirs will kill us , vron ' t t h e y , na?" --
" :!'~ot i.t' we kill t r,em first . " 

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"Is tha t wh y 0O1::J. Ko0s s :h t t he two .1.'\af r' ir s 8. t t !le r 1 vcr :' 11 

"':ost of t h e ti"".l • 11 

~1hey will ki ll u 9 if we don ' t." 

1.,u t Oupa J01~ '"'. nnes didn ' t kill us and we didn ' t ki l l hL1 . 11 

"You ri n ' t und r:. rs t and lorut you wil l later , a nd dun ' t call hL 

"But you tol me t o . 11 

" I was wr ng . " 

Some thing n a rg e~ at t he b e c k of her mind bu t she pushed 1 t 

away . Her eyes were tr2 ined , eagerly , anxi ously , r ound t he mount a 

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1ihy were you wrong ? " 

11 :::;e c a.use he was bad . " 

"He carrie~ me on his back and gave me fruit a nd co0kies fr 

his p cke t . " 

Yhe nagging a t t he bsck of he r ~ind wus strong . 

" Le i.vas bad . " 

111tJhy was he b ad? " 

The nagg ing was pa inful now . hor r ible sense of gu ilt r9se 

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of defi an c e . n d t u c ked away i nside her was another little 1a r t 

Def i a n c e aga i ns t wha t? 

The c h i l d r epeated : _ J ;J to -- - .... 
" Why was he b a d , ma? " 

.::: -" s k Oom Koos , ge knows . II 

Some t h i ng i n her v oi c e ma e t ne c n ild k e ep qu i e t . She 

l ooke d d own a t h i m then l ooke d away a brupt l y : 
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Koos and -·asper a"f)f)eare d. round t he curve of t h e mount a i n -

side . Koos waved reassuringly . Betwe en t hem they c a r r i ed t h e 

carcas of a prin gbok • 
...., 

" I t ' s rma sa i d and d i smoun t ed . 

St efan wen t bac k t o t he bould e r to ic on ti nue digg i ng f0r li zar c 

Kasp6r an Koos rod e up . A na. b r ough t t h em coffee . 

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., o o t her wa. but ov er t he t mp " , s Jer said . 

nn, s t a r ed u p t he slop i ng side . 

" a n we? " 

" Vie mus t . 11 

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" I t s eas i er ov er t h ere , " Koo s o i n t ed t o t h l ef t • . 

hey f i n i shed t h ei r c of f ee · and walked . over t o t he l e f t t o 

explore . n a e a sed t he yokes l oose on t h e teams) neeks and t h e 

oxen , freed, bent down and pu l led u p mou t hf u l s of green g rass . he i r 

t ee t h c r d sh ed t ~e gras s wi th mon ot onous regu l a r i t y . 

n na folded her hands as a funnel roun d her r outh and 

ca lled ft er t h e me n : 

~ ; t ' s o~ t h e oth er s i de? 11 

They stopped , tu rn ed , Koos r a i s e d his rif le a nd w~v ed . Good . 

They would go up and find out . They t ~ rne ~ a nd carried on , t ae ir 

strong bodies b r a c ~d aga ins t t 1e slope of t he mount a i nside . 

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They stopped a nd tilted t hei r heads up . The slope of t h e 

mou 11 t a in was gentler here. There was a flat part, almost like a very 

steep san~ road. 

"So11ething•s g one up here," Ka s per said. 

Briefly , t heir eyes met. They went clos er a nd ben t for ~a rd , 

i ns ec ting t he eart '.1 . Ka s pe r wen t up t he sl ope ; 

Near a p i e c e o soft ear t ' ,_ Kas e r kne lt . , 
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oos went down . 

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-~ he t urned h i s ead to r ind oos . _ o vras a long way down , 

nearly a hundrect. y r ds away , bent forwar d a nd p oking a t t he eart 1. 

Ko os j rked hims elf er ect a nd wav ed . Hi s v oi c e , ch~rged with 

e~ ot i on , dr i ftect. up to asper . 

" Tr ekk ersi. " 

The~ s t ood s til l for a moment , fa c ing ea ch other ov er t h e 

dis t a nce , t he n t hey bo t h brok e a nd ran towar d t he ir wa~ on . na s aw 

t h e~ c omi ng and fel t he r hear t pounding . They we r e shouting but t ie 

word s we r e n ot cl ear . She pushed t he sunbonn e t back f r om h e r h ea d 

as t h o1:1gh t ha t ·1ou l d he l p he r hear 1 g . She t r i ed t o b e c omp os ed a nd 

wait but t he str a in was t oo great . She b egan t o run to t he.:!l . Th e ir 
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exci t emen t c aught St efan and he/, to o , r a n . 

" Tr ekker s , nna1
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II a t ?" 

"Trekce.r s ~" Ko 

a-lump tha t 

ot he r now . 

"Wh ere?" Anna ga s pe d . 

h er eye s . Somewhe r e i n her t her e wa s 

he r brea t h i ng . They were ne a r ea ch 

·Koos pul l ed up sudde nly and ca ,ae to a halt . 11 t h e othe rs 

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Ann a searched t he f a c es of the two men . 

" You sa i d t re 1 ke r s , 11 she said . 
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" They h a d c amp ed t h e re , " Koos oi n t ed . " The s i gn s a r e t nere . 

"Th e ir wag ons went u p t he mount a in ," Ka s pe r s a i d . 

Anna wa i t ed f or more . 

11 he s p oors a r e not fres h , " Koos said . 

An na tur n ed h e rb ck on t h e men a nd lowe red he r h e a d . h e 

lo oked u p qu i ckly a nd h er eye s t 0ok in par t of t he v as t d i s t a n c e 

t hey h a d cov ered in t he day s t 1a t were without n u . b e r . I mu s t be 

s trong , she tol d h erse lf . They c a e t o me in exc it e :nen t , I r us t 

be str ong . She swung roun d a n d smi l e d a t t h em. 

" Then what a re y ou s t anding t h e re f or, 

s h a r p , c om a nding . 

Koos look ed b ewild e red . 

o os ? " Her vic e wa s 

" Ge t your horse and g o u p t he re . The~ma y not b e t oo f a r . 

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You may ev en s e e t h em. I f not , we mu s t fo l low and c a tc . t ... em . Go on ! 

Go on ~ 11 

Koo s gr i n 1ed , t ouc hed h i s wi:ie "eariJCru&6id. f eJ ;t. h a t a n d ' u rri ed 

off . Th ey wa tc ed h :iht r i de awa y t hen wa lke d s l owl y b a c k t c t he 

wag on . M:-:.. this titM St efa n ~ p r a t t l e d on ince s s a ntly with ou t 

anyon e p a y i ng a tt e ~ti on to h i m. nna turned t o h i m. 

" .\Iha t i s it ? " / 
" e p eo le c oming , ma '~11 / 

"Ferhap s . " 

"P eop l e l i ke us ? " 

" Yes ." 

"Omn Koo s g one t o g e t t h em. " 

" Ye s . " 

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"When ? " 

" Soori cnow, -Ste-fan. Soon now . " 

The chi l d slip ed h i s ha nd into h i s mother ' s . 

"I vo uld like to play wi t h a boy _like me, ma . " 
~ -She p r es sed h i s hand and look ed st r a i ght ahea d . 

" Soon now, Stefa n . " 

Ka s pe r wen t t o i,t h e wagon . The brakes and cha ins had to be 

in order , t he p ins and axles ha d t o be in s pected a nd f ixed , t h e 

iron rings r 0und the whee l s hcl,d t o be i liii _pc et ca amt tied ere and 

there , t he h ·- rness and t he y okes ha d t o be looked a t . The as s ault 

on the mount a in woul d pu t a ~ great st r a in on t h e wagon , a nd 

every t h ing ha d to be done 

critical stag of t he 

t 

brea kdown at a 

of 

l¼fl:t nr"S i'tl e an crast 

t h e --1:·o S ~Of...a part- of ., t he.ir -team . th·· :r ,1 i:ves , t e r fu -u-:re , 

tea . ver-y th ing ad to e 

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Koos u rged gi s hors e oke enc uraging r emarks into .i tf 

ears . The horse p icked it s s lo ✓ly , u p t h e 

n ounta inside . The heads of ride r a nd horse were a l nos t side by 

side . On c e t he h orse slith ed . Its feet po nded t he earth in 

nea r- panic . Koos 

Boy r esponded to 

f i ghting and s prea d h· s 

a nd whi spered: 11 ""asy , Boy , easy , 

in the f amilia r v oice . He c eased 

he slith er i ng , backwa rd move1 · 

stopped . •or a while he stood st ill . 11 0n now ," oos wh i spered , 

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as ~ur ed a nd e nc ou r aged by t h e familiar v ~i ce of h i s mas t er . Yurd 

by ya r d t hey moved on till t he top was t wo ya rds away . Boys nsed 

i ts n earness and t ried t o hurry . The s li thering move started 

again . 11 vasy ! 11 Koos sa i d sha r p ly . he horse obeyed , and 1 slo ly , 

t hey reached t he t op . 

oos urged the horse on a few yards t h en ~ul l ed up a nd 

is rn ounted . 

11 l l <l,j esus t 11 he whi spe reci. . 

He h3 ri emerge n~iacnly on a vi evv of roll i ng v eld flowing 

away t o the f a r h or i zon , where the b lue , mis t y , mounta i ns 

reached up to the curving ski es . It was~ re a t h t ak ing . 

'his was t he beg1rn1ing of t ne g r eat ,~)outh !'r1ccin 1, l a t ec..,.u , 

t he hjghv-e l d th0 t m s t he ' l at po rt of t he inverted sauce r . F r 

t h- t i a hov t he country i s , l i ke a n inverted s&ucer s l op ing 

gen tly uprard til l t he ridge is rea ched a nd t hen stre t cn ing 

1'la. t . ·_a.gnif the sauc er millions of times , pJ.an t broad- b l aded 
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g r as s t ha t sway t in t he wi nd, pu t h ill s and v~ll eys 

in it , l et strea s r• n t hrough it and p l a nt 

will u tees on the b8nks of treams and l e t t he tende r 

vvind breathe over it, and you ~.ve the 1\..fr ican h i gliv e l d . It 

stretched bef 0re Yoes 'j s t v ed ga z e . 

;:;,r em wl1ere he stood a Lint t rack,; ound away , skirting a 

h ill , to a _runk en , t wi sting river guarde d by leaning willows . 

On t he ot 11er sid e o.f t be river , hal f ...... hi den by the trees 

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circle . oos p 2 ssed his ' hand over his eyes once and~ ovked a ga i . 

Yes , th . were t he re ~ It wa~ no drean , no r,1ira ge ! 

He vault ed: into the sadd l e and u re;erl. h i s l orse on . .i:i or the hor se 

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was on e of t h os e r a re QQQ UG 1 tM8 wh e n ~ .:1~~ s t er was not t hought-
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of ~ fe e lings but prodded with ruthless heels t ill it hurt . 

s t he 1 ne ared the ri v er Koos saw fi gure s moving f r o the 

wagons to t he op p os i t e b a nk of t h e riv e r . They were running . He 

raised an arn a nrl. wav ed . One of the figures wa ved b a c k . 

the horse on to g r eater s p eed . Hi s heart t h ump ed a a in s t 

There was mus i c i n his bra i n . . ' 

e urg ed 

1i s ribs . 

They were on t h e banks now. nly t he n a r~ow s a c e of f l ow i , g 

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w1 t e r sep r a ted t h em . Bu t t he bank was t oo st e ep l~or horse and 

rider t o wad e in a nd ride a cr oss . 

Koos g ot off h i s hor s e , r a n to t 11e ed~e o the fJ.~wiM~ rive r 

and looked a t the men on t he othe r side . There we re three of thefu . 

Three membe r s of t he g r ea t trek ! He t r ied to speak , to gree t them , 

~ - but hi s thr oa t wa.,s_g.t;;\;e+JJ.r an ~,,fal d±se o.- /5 e t ha t ,nade it• 

The ol d er of the t h r ee men on t he ot her s i de t ok a s tep 

f 01·wa.rd . 

" Good d ay , " he cal l ed . 

Koos rela xed . 

"Good day , " he cal led bac k . " ,. peop l e are on t he ot her side , " 

he waved to whe r e he had c ome fro • "~ e h ·ped to find you . , y na :ne 

i s Jansen . " 

The old man with t he f~ow~"~ wh i te beard sp oke : 

"How did you k n ow? " 

"I saw vihere y ou ' d ha.d a fire and my bro t he r saw wag on marks 

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" !.y brother , his wife a11d ch ild and I." 
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" Onlv one wagon? " 

11 es . " 

11 Tor t h or to Ka tal ?" 

"North for us." 

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" They say t he l a nd is bea utiful there . They say a man cat1 l ive 

and p l a nt his s e ed a nd build h i s house without anybody standing over 

him or any fl a g f l ying over hi . " 

" So we h av e heard . " 

" Good then, Jansen • .• • You will ne ed h elp to come a cross ." 

11 It looks tha t way . " 

" It is •••• Go back and t ell y ou r people we are comi ng . " 

Koos mounted , raised his ha nd in s a l u t a tio , t h en w·1eeled 

about a nd rode back . 

Bef ore he was with in hea ring distance of his f amily h e 

star te~ shouting t he good news: -
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"They are he r e ! Th ey are here ! They ·•.re coming ! " 

1.1 or a while t here wa s gre &-t c onfusi o • They al l spat e 

toge ther . Then silence settled on them. It had happe ned a t l a st . 

Th ey we r- e not a lone a n 1 1..n er . It wa s no l vnge r ju t the Ja nsens 

aga inst t he empty sky a nd the 01)en s paces , agains t the desolati on 

and silences , aga in s t t he va ll eys and the hi lls, a ga i nst the crea'tllre~ 

of the wild . Tow there would be people to talk to . Day s wou l d t ake 

on meaning aga i n . Ni gpts would not mean darknes s 9nly . Now it 

would be differen t . 

aspe r turned and walked away fr om them. He wa l ked to where 

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on the jru rney but a l a rge numb er still reMa ined . He walked among 

his creatures and t ou che them. He took off his wide,fcl--t ha t and 

stare away into Sf ace . Hi s l i ps formed soundles s words . 
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Anna choked ba ck the well of tears tha t z'looEic d :ber 19eing and 

~ re a c hed out for the ehi3!a . s fr om a ~ii ea• dis t anc e , h is v· ice br ke 

t h rough t h e tumult of her t hough ts . 

" Wi ll there be someone to p l ay with , ma ?" , ... 
" Yes , my chi 1 d • " 

He asked more que s ti o. s , t ugg ing at her fleon n~ print dress 
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and looking seriously up at ~ fa c e , ~Eie r the st.mb cl"ll'i@ t . She d i d 

not hea r t h e questions . She Vilas dreaming of t he child tha t was in 

her , anrt of t he hou s e t hey would build and of t h e little t hi n~s 

t ha t w·ould turn t he house into a home . ~he a nd her daughter , for it 

would be a girl, shared t hing s ab out the hou se . s she dreamed , it 

seemed t h e gir l was s ~eaking to h e r . 

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8 0 vivid w s t he illusion that she answe red: 
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·11 Yes , ~ar ie? 11 

"Vlh; t ' s t h a t , nna? " oos watc .1ed her intently . 

Sh e turned her f a ce away . 

" }T othing . " 

" nna ••• II 

If ] • ' • I t e .1 you it s not h 1ng , E:oos . 11 

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SoMe thing in h i s voice ma de h e r t urn .nd l bok at him . Th ey 

1 coked a t each oth er for a whil e) then 

t u nerl awa a ga in . 

nnc shook her head a nd 

· She s a id,;- "Koos , " anrl t here was rep r oach in her voice . 

"I kn ow , " he s a i . 11 \'le ' ve been alon e a long time ." 

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b r up tly , k e wa l ked away from her • 

.J.he 11en rode ~ .:.rl:,t- do v11 t awar d t hem . 'here were Ji our of t hem . 

The thr ee Yoos hP.d ' seen a t t h e river be,nk , ,and an o t :ne r . 'l'he Janse n 
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fa~ily ov e1 t ill they a l l sto od toge t he r i n a bu , ch , wa it ing t o 

1;1ee t t ~i e s t n u1gers • • nnc.. ~ov ed a little av,ay frori oos and put 

her two h2 nds on S t efa n ' s shou l d 3r s . asp er s t ood s l ignt l y forward 

and he l d ou t his hand t o t h e old ma n wit 1 t he flowing b ea rd . 

" I am Kasper Jan sen , son of old Stefa n Ja nsen ." 

" I knew Stefa n Jansen," t h e old man s a id. " We lost a good 

man when he died . I wondered when your brother mentioned hie name 

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at t e river. 

Kasper turne d his h ead s light ly. 

"This is my wife, Anna, my y oung son, Stefan . You know m:v 

b ro t he r Koos." 

The old man took off h i s h a t. 

"I am artinus Va n As ." He turned s lig h tly . " Thi s i s J a fta 

Bezuidenhou t , "ar el El s t , a n d my s on , i a u l Va n s . " Eac man took 

of f hi a h a t as h i s name was menti one d . 
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They went rou:i:+Q. chc)p:r,,g hand s . 

nna hur ried away as s6on as she had sh ken ev eryone of the 

s tra1g ers by the hand . She go t i nto the bac ~ of t he wagon , ound 

mugs tha t h :: d been }![.e ked away and wari'led up the 1Jer•;1""'11ent l y re~dy 
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suppl:r of c offee . She g"'ve it to t her . .r The_ squc.: tt ed on the i r 

~aunches in a circ l e 2n~ s i pped the c off e e whil e t ey t a l ~ed . 

This was t h e cus t om . l we.ys , the s t r e,nger wh o c ame wa s 

welcomed with a ';IU@: of c offee . Oth er t h i ngs c am after t hE,t , bu t 

that wa,s th e be i n n ing . The mUG o' c ofr· ee was a symbol of a way o 

lie a nd living . La t e r , when t hey me t t h e f a. flie s of t h e s e en , 

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g r a c e in a lif e t ha t was com e tely bereft o s cial grac es . 

nna st od a little way back from t he ir circl e and wa tc ned 

them a n list ened to t he ir t a l k . 

Nor!Ilally , in a h ome , s h e would reside over her c of ee ut , , 

sitting in a cha ir with a little t e.ble of mugs besi ri. e her a d a ltttli 

fire on wh ich t keep t h e coffee h e a ted ad hav e boiling water to 

keip the p ot full . She uld refill e a c h mug a s i t was e,. :p tied . 'i'h1s 

would go on all the time t he s tr a"'.'1ge r s sat t a l king . A..VJ d they w uld 
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drink 1numera ble mugs of c offee for it woul Q b e in sult to t he h ous , 
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to refuse . Now .-.-Ht i n tfl:o e1J@ 11..e.. she could g ive t hem only one mu g 

each and sta d by . 

1 t he . en t a l k ed . ~~~i~~~ "'\ lhey asked. after each 

know t h e details of wha t ha~ p e ned to each brother ,~~ each brother (s 

son , to eac h brother ' s son ' s s n; V.a 
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then the quest ioner w~s questioned i~ the sa .. e m&.nner . This t o was 

custom . Onl a fter t ha t did t e busines r of t he moment come up . 

" nd how was it with you? " l!art inus Van s asked , bringing 

t h e business up to t h e p resent . 

In .an imperson a l voice Kasper told the story of h ow t hey had 

t o leave t heir v a lley . For a while after th~ t they squa tted in 

silence. The coffee had been drunk . The mugs were e ty . The quest i ons 

had been sked . The answers had been g iven . There would be more 

coffee, nore que sti ons , more q nswer s, later . ~or the presen t , it 

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Van s got up . The others followed him . nna coll cted the 

mugs . The men exami ned t he wagon, t ightened t he yokes and the reins . 

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a n order , bu t a a r t from t ha t t he re was no mor e s p eak i ng . 

wagon cr eaked on and t he ca t tle fo l l~w d . h ey re a ched t he p l a ce 

wh ere t he climb was to be ma d e a nd h a lted . 

" Th e a n i ma l s f ir s t , " Va n s called . 

The s i kien r cund e up t h e a n i :-.1a l s a nd ur ged t hem ,. J. c;:i,u.1.y 

up the st e ep s lope . ~hey l ef t t hem a t t h e top to g ·aze . Tr en the 

four s T.iare h ors es we r e driven u p . nna ·a nd\Stefa n we n t t o t h e t op 
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a nd wa i t ed . Th. ~en l ef t t ne i r h ors e s a t t he t op and went down on 

f o'ot f or t h e wag oYJ a nd team . 

The der Va s took t ne v oor l ooper ' s r eins . a ul Va . ' s 

t ook t h e l vng whi p and fl u ng i t ou t , _r ea dy for c r a ck i ng • .,1st , 

Bezu i de nh ou t , Koos a nd Ka s per b i:·a ced t h riselv es aga ins t ea ch of 
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t h e four wh ee l s . 

Van s t h e e lder ca l l ed : 
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Pau l Van As cra cked h is w}up . The f uur others stra i ned 

aga j_ns t t h e whee l s . The ox en s t r a in ed aga i n t t he i r yokes . The 

wag on crea ke d , moved a littl e , t h en ca me t o a st op. hu r r i edl, 

t he fo ur p ut on b r a ke s a nd b l ocks no t t l ose t he p r e ci ous inch e s 

t he h Pd. gcined . 

ga i n t hey bra c ed t h em e l v e s . a 1n Va n · s ca lled "Fer ward~" 

ga i n t h e wh i p cra cke d . Aga i n t hey moved f orward a few inches and 

held them. 

F or n~ a rly an hour t h ey ba ttled aga inst t he sl ope of land , 

wwe a ting a nd stra i ~i ng , pa nting a nd worn out , t h ei r c lothes 

c l ing i :--ig t t heir b ori i es with da pne s r . nd
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/ c:e lled , L e wh i p e r e e ked , t h e men a rnl oxen s t r a i ned a nd a f ew mor e 

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they oved up the s l ope of t he hill . 

At l as t t he.r re a c h ed t he top . 

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inviting haven where t he othe r wagons were·. They tr~v el ed up-r i ver 
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past t he p oint wner t h e wagons stood , ~as t t ne wil low trees , till 

t hey c ame t o a l a c e whe r e t ~y er a nd b a nk were a lmost at t he same 
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level. There t h e y cros s ed a nd t ravel e d down strea m. 
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By t he time they reached t he ot he r wag ons t h e s un wa s s l a nt i ng 

far to t he west an d t he s i g n s of even ing were in the a ir . 

huge communal fire blaz ed i n t he c en ~ of the r oug h ci r .c le 

made by t he t n r ee wagons . Ov er it , on skewers , a you ng l amb wa s 

s lowl y roasting . 1 young woman superv ised t he roa sting an d turned 

the c rcas ever• nov and t 1en . ! small group of women a nd 

chi l d r en cluster ed t t he r ear end of one wagon , wa it ing to gr eet 

the new a rriva l s . 

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The meal wa s ove r . ThB exci t e men t of the welcome had 

t apered down to qu i et gr oup - friendlines s . The big · 1re was d wn 

to a broa d red base with an occa sio . a l l eap i ng fl a .e . 

The tw o young men , I a u l Va n s a nd ~ oses , e l des t child of 

Karel ,1"lst , h a d g one down to t h e r ive r for wa t er . Elsie , Ja f t a 

Be zuidenh out ' s eldes t child , a . d Le li a Elst 

water to do t he wa s hing up . Th me n s a t in a 

were wa it ing · or t he 

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t a lking , u hewing tob a c co , drink ing c uffee . The wo en clu s tered at 

the rear of t he Ja nse wa gon , t a l k ing to nna . In a littl e holl uw 

p iece of 1 nd ne a r the g l ow of the fire , fiv e s ma ll b oys fratei-
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ni e d wi t h S tefa n in the se~ i secretive way of littl e boys . 
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The t wo youn g men c ame up from the river . Th e you ng wome n 

took the wa ter fr u:n them a nd wa shed u l!l nde r t h e brigh t stars . 

Mos es r ea6hed into h i s f a t he r ' s wagon a nd b r ought out a 

gu i t a r and a conc ert i na . He g a v e t he guita r t o r aul . They ma de 

t h emse l v es comforta ble at t he b a c k of t h e wagon . 1aul ' s thumb r a n 

ove ~ t h e s trings of the guita r . He tig h t ened a s tring here , 

loose r1ed on e the re . [os e s h i ld t h e c on certira h i gh1 u 1Jf near his 

chin , b en t h i s hea d with one ea r cocked in a li s t en ing a ttitude . 

raul nodded . They played . 

The:~women h ushe d their vo ice s nd s p oke on a l owe_r key . The 

men , too , rumb l ed on a l ower note a nd took in t h e !JlUSic whi le 

t hey t a lked . The tw o g ir l s a djusted the r y t hm of t heir work to t h c::. t 

of t h e '1.Us ic . Ev en t h e consp 1r a toria l young six se eme d half -

; li s tening . 

/ Occasionally a ccw lowed , occ asi onal ly a s i eep bleated , 

✓/ occas i onally a h orse n eighed , bu t t h ese were not noi s es . They were 

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And t h e humans a nd a nima ls were c omf orted b ~it . 

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nna wa lked round t he wag on till she was out of sigh t of the 

other women . The c ~versa tion had turned f r om h er and he r f d ily . 

F or a few minu te s she wmuld not be needed . She s t op p e d and li st ene 

to the musi c . How t hos e two p l a yed ! Th ere wa s wa r mth in her hear t . 

It wa or e tha n jus t a n i ght on trek in the wild now . 

She wanted t o l l Ook int o Ta sper ' s eyes . ~h e contentmen t in he 

hea rt would show in his eyes . Thei r eyes would mee t and they would 

be intima t e . Then she wou l d g o ba c k t o the women again and talk 

politely . The ir eyes wou l d meet • •• • 

She wal ke d over to t h e men a nd sough t out :Kasper ' s f a c e in 

t he g a t h e ring g loom. They did not see her coming a nd she sto ed 

near them, st ill unnot ic ed . Vhe n a ma n s oke, she felt guilty , like 

' a n intruder , but st ood and l i s tened . "When wou l d -aspe r ' s eyes 
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In a h a.rd.; ir on v oice , Ka rel El st a.a i d : 

"It was wron g to go ." 

Those were t h e first words Kaspe r ~.nd Koos had heard h i m 

s p e ak . h ey felt t he restraint in the othe r men so neither s p oke . 

Karel !J l s t spoke a gain : /; 

( " We should h a v e armed eve ry d / . d h · 1 d d . man an womanl an c 1 a n ,/: ,.'/. r 

a tt ac ke d t h em. " He lowered his hea d and st . red a t the g round . 

An u '1 e a sy s i l ence hung 1 over t h e other men . 1,rart inus Van As 

look ed briefly at El st . 

"ight a s well tell y ou now ," Van s s a id . Aga i n he l ooked 

at ··•1st . " Kare l ' s wife had a b a by . few da ys after it was born the 

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Isol a t ed . 1.w o nights tater there was a l'1..affir r a id . They bea t off 

t h e first and the se c ond a nd t he th ird a t tacks . The fourth time tb 

affir s go t close enou h to se t t he house on fire . His wife and 

ba by were k .1- ll ed . Karel and li,I oses a nd Lelia and t h e two b ys go t 

away wi t h wounds and burns . ~here is s til l a r aws ear - mark ·in 

oses ' side . /"" 

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Karel ' s wif e ' s f amily , t hey found on l J !a Ce lli er . The -affirs 

ha ~ een an d k i ll e her h u sba nd a d son . They h·d l eft her and 

t he p l a ce a lone . 

"Bezuidenhout and I f ou'1d t hem a ll a t t h e Celli er f a r m when 

\e t rekked pas t . hey decided to j oin us . h i s wife and ba by , his 

f a t he r - in - l aw and brother-in-law were a ll kill ed wi t hin a few 

hours ." 

"'Ye shou l d hr,. v e ar e" and t 2.ken t e Cape fro~ t he Ent:, l i sh , 11 

Kare l dec l a red. bJ tt er l r . he man ' s dark beard quivered . 

11 ',7e ~o 1 hc:➔. v e f a il ed , Kare l , " Van 1 s said . 

"But we wi ll , one da , " J3ezuidenhou t declar ed . 

" '.'✓e mus t bide our ti!ne and. bu ild our strength ," Van s said 

slo •ly . "I ' v e wR tc rierl t he Bnglish. I've knov11 t i1em for a l ung ti :ne 

They ore sly . lh t i s why I ' 1n for t he f or t h . i,"ark rny word , as s0on 

as t he ··ata l t rek'·ers are settle<i , t heir ships wi ll sa il in and 

. hois t t he ~nc lish fl&g . They wi ll not give trie tr ek~e r s ti .e to 

r est and fee l t he ir stre '1g t h . They wi ll s-woop down · wh i l e t 1e 

trekkers a re ti r ed . P iet Retief i s a g ood le a d er but between t h e 

Kaff irs a nd t he .,ngli sh he wi ll b e 1 os t . He ' s l ead ing the pe ople 

into troub l e . The Engl ish are slr , mar k my words . " 

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"Yes , they will. They ' ll come 

long and t hey won ' t come now . 7 e will get ti.et settle a nd res t 

and we ' ll be red. 

mistakes neyt ti e . " 

ur t hem when · they c me . There wun ' t b e =ny 

"7Jh t of the North?" ~~oo s asked . ""llhere will we se ttle t kere ' 

nd vrhe t of t he Yaff ir s? " 

-· "Bezuidenhou t an I r1 i s s eel otgie t er ' s 1-1ar ty~ at=d: l1il Gal ea. r.i~ 

" ot~ieter ' s peo rtv? " 

"Yes . h endrik Tot g i eter i s::: .n,nandan t of t he m.ain body t h&t 

is t re 1{king orth . " 

II nd nor. " 

"'Ve a re try ing to catch t hem . They are only a few da ;s 

ahea d of us . " 

"Will we get to t bei?" 

"Yes . Two days ago a _pe"rty of :tJ..01: :r scouts rode ba ck to see 

if t h re w-s re ~ l'½oF stray tr ekkers behind . They know we are here 

and. they told us hov, to tra vel . Tomorrow afternoon we should 

mee t ano ther scout p · rty . The scouts s a i d the mai n body will rest 

on t he banks of t he Or a ng e l iver and wait till a ll the othe r 

sr.ial l er groups arriv . " 

11 Are we far from t he Orange? " 

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ys ' j ou r nev • " 

/ '1-\.nd t h e Kaf irs? " Ka s pe r thought of his home in the v a lley 

of the mounta i n tha t was ab ove his home , Did it a ll burn ou t 

they put out t he fir i n t i me? He wi shed he knew . The black 

of Old Johannes fill ed his b r in • 

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" There ' s not much news of Yaff irs u p i n t he :or t h . 

b glishn1an Ea ll e Earris tells uf a fat old man with feathers in 

his ha ir who goes around n e,ked and likes to be given p resents . The 

say he ' s run a ll t he time . He ' s the king of t he Kaff irs . No , I 

don ' t think we h a v·e much to wor r y about in t he f orth . It 1s in 

:Ta t a l , among those Zulu affirs rhe re trouble will be . There is 

t a l k of a hea then sav age c a ll e haka who kil l s fr leasure . 

Those h o have se n s a y it is terrib l e . He mF .. kes slav es of al l the 

-~ffirs who are no t Zulus . But they say the orth i s free land . 

There we, c c11 build our homes . " 

" here we wi ll build our homes , " J3ezuidenhout decL.1. red , 

"K ,ffirs or no . " 

Koos louke t the fa ce s a round him t hen got u p Qnd stretche 

An1a t 1 nerl P' 1•4 h rie<i avay before the m n sho l d see her p 

In her heart was a stra nge he a vin ess t ha t ached du l ly . Kaspe r h a d 

not lo oke d up a t her . Their e es h a d no t . e t . n d t he r e was 

something e l se , toc, t h a t he l p e d t h is ac h ing heavine ss . 

Some t h ing she wan t e d f rom Ka s er . She ha d hoped to l ook i n 

his eyes a nd find it . Some thi ng she wan t ed from a l l t h e se peopl e . 

S ome t h ing she cou l d n ot describe , somethi ng without a name . She 

sigh d . e rhaps the chi ldre n h a d it . ?erhaps she could ind it 

with t h em . Oh why did the mus ic hurt so? ••. She went to t:ne 
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ch ildren . They saw her but her presence did nGt reg ist er . They 

carri ed n 8S if she were not t here . 

I "I saw Oom roos k ill tw o E .ffirs . 11 Stefan was roud as he 

10/oked a t hi"' cornfD ions . 

} The three Eezuidenhout boys were im~res ed . lot so t}e 
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children of ~1st . The two ~ 1 st boys watched him grav ely . little 

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Gtef2n smiled cock ily a d spE-,t as he liad seen h i om i'-oo s d o 

" ~hey l ay on t~e ir backs and on e had bl ood i n h i s mouth 

and i t was we t 0 .1 t he s nd . Tvrn b i g , b l a ck , rl ead L.af f ir s . 'Je h.scve 

t heir s1ears an d sh i eld s 1n t he wagon . " in he s a t like his 

Oom Koos . 

Th e y ounger :Be zu i de nhou t b oy , t , e on e wi t l1 t he t h in f a c e and 

l a r ge eyes , s h ivered a n b i t h i s i p s . 

"'.Veren ' t you afra i d ?" 

St ef~n pushed out h i s che st . 

"X ot of a d ead T~aff i r . 'y ·1ot her says we. mus t Jt ill t h em or 

t h ey will ki ll us . Oom lOO s say s nev er t rus t a · a f ·ir exc ep t a 

de a d on e . " 

Th e eld e r Elst b oy nodd ,d . Thi s he.unde r s t ood . Tha t pa rt o 

i t wa s n ot mer e ch ild ish b a s ti g . Nev er trust a 

dead on e . 

f f ir exce t a 

The s ma ll er Elst boy s p ok e with t he c ol dnes s of' a g r own ,na n: 

·,--;=-Th b d - d th d b b " ey urne u s •••• An m mo er a n our a y . 

Th e e 1 de r boy s a id : _ 

"dries . " There wa s sha r pness in hi s v oice . 

dries lowe r ed h is head . 

"Ag . I wi sh I wa s t he re ! " one o t 1e Bezuid nhout boy s de cla r 

" Shut up ! " ·said t h e elder El s t b oy . 

The ezuidenh ou t boy who ha d sp ok en r .ea ched for his team of 

mod elled clay- o en a n, ut t h em in fron t of t h e little clay wag on . 

Re sc oo ed up a ha . dful of cla y and b ega n to model a vo er • 
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She walked ba ck to t h e women . It was the s ame among t he 

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would go to the two youn g men who made t h e I'.l.Us ic . Pe rhap s • •• u .. ,,, ..,, , ,... 

The mu s ic of t h e guita r a d the conc e rtina h ung ov e r t h e 
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stillnes s of the veld . The moon a ppeared , tra veling f a st through 
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the cloudles B blue of t h e s k ies . The st a rs shone merrily . The 

sounds of the a nima ls were infinitely peaceful . • 

Old Sara Van As touched Anna " s a rm and lo ked at her sister . 

" Nannie nd I knew your mother in ou~ young er day s . " 

"Oh ." nn a 1 o oked a t t h e two old women a nd d i dn , t. kn ow what 

to s a y . 

" Yes indeed , 11 s a id Nonnie Joubert with a faraway lo ok i n her 

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ey es . " I b r oue h t t h em tog eth er . It s a long time a g o but I b r c,1.,; ·h t 

t h em toge t he r . If I h a d not introduced }ieter de i.elke to HE .. nnah 

St eenkamp you woul d never h q.'t» e been born •• • or •• . you wou l d h a ve 

been my d a ug hter . " 

" Tha s wh y she n ever ma rried , " Sa ra said . 

" I ' m sorry , " Anna said . 

She l o oked at Nonnie Joubert ' s lined a nd too t hless face and 

wond ered wha t she h a d l ooked lik e as a y oung woman . Stra nge to think 

s he might h a ve been thi s woman ' s child . Stranger still to meet thi s 

woman out here , i n the open , on trek . · 

" h i f s a l cng time a go , " Nannie said , still staring away int o 
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s pace . " ~v erybody thought Pieter and I were g oing to mar r y . ~ othing 

was said but everybody t hcught i t . He didn ' t ask ~or permission t o 
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si t up with me , but he came of t en and bit by bi t we began to sit u 

tog~ t her and go out t ogether . ry father didn ' t l ike h im and wan t ed 
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" Ye s , " :N onn i e s a i d , "mother liked him . -=- he a nd I v l ann ed t h e 

wedd i ng . We ma de a l l sor ts of p l a ns • • • • And one day we heard tha t 

Hannah St eenkamp an l i e t er de ~ elke were married ••• • They did not 

even ask me t o come . " 

'' I ' m s rry , " n1a r epea t e ~ . She fe l t guilty on behalf of hi::.: r 

:paren t s . 

Lena Bezu i denhou t s mi l ed int o An na ' s f a c e . nna drew comfor t 

from t he u nde rs t a nding of tha t sm i l e . e n a was somebody she c ou ld 

t a l k to . The were of a n ag e . It would be good t o t a l k t o he r . 

" We were l ucky , " Lena c, a i d . " Our f a r m wa s nea r Ca e Town so 

no t h ing happened t o us . " 

Anna t hanked Lena with he r eyes and t h oug h t : s h e mus t be mu c h 

older t hab she l ookd , her d a ug 1ter i s g rown - up . 

11 I lov ed ou r v a lJ. ey , 11 An na said . " It was qu i et but I 1 1...,v ed i t . 

I lovei t h e car.if art of t he moun t a ins around us . But I d id . 1. s s a 

woma n • s co .p2,ny . The ire n were go od , but you know h ow i t is , a womc:in 

wants to t a lk to a no t her woma n sometimes . I wished I had a d aughte r ; 

I often wished my s on , Stefa n , were a gir l . " 

a in her eyes me t Lena ' s and it seemed t o h e r the othe r 

woma n knew she was pregn .nt . 

" I wou l d l i xe to s h ow y ou El s i e ' s b a by c l othes , " ena s a id . 

But how c an she know , Anna wondered . 

l a ll i er c o□r1re ssed her lips an d lo ok e rl at t h e ot e r wome n . 

Her eyes went first t o one, then the nex~ till she h a d looked a t 

' eve ryon e i n turn. The ma nner of l~oking wa s f a mi lia r t o Anna but she 

cou l d no t t e ll wh y . a Ce l l i er ' s f a c e f ell a way i n to grim , pare ed 

hollows and wr inkl es . 

" '.7hen I saw my old ma n l y i ng the r e with b l ood in h i s side 

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lips , 1 eked a t e a ch in turn , and n odded slowly . 

"I had nev e r seen a heathen affir a live in all m life . We 

had fought them . I had seen them dead from a d i s t a nc e , ut I lost 

fear . 

" Their l eader was a s t a ll as a tr ee . There wa s f a t n his 

body a nd t h e st ink of him was strong . , he ~as b l ~ck a nd his 

eyes were re~ . I spa t on h i s c hes t . I mean t to spit in his face 

but he wa s too t a ll so I only sat on h i s chest . I was mad . I 

said ' Kill me , you bl a ck be a st .~ He l a ughed . Then he and the other 

Kaf firs wen t away and I was l ef t w1~h my man a nd m, child dead at 

my feet . They didn ' t eve n burn t he house or t a ke a nything . " She 

shook her head for it wa s bey ond her u derstand i ng . 

nna put her ~rm round t he old woman ' s shoulders . The old 

woman pushed her away . Her tooth less mrut h ·worked . 

"I rea lly d i d want t hem to k il l me , " She stared from one 

fac e to the other a s thoug h try ing t o force them to b e lieve her 

words . 

t last s h e was a l one . The othe r women had gone t u t he ir 

wag ons to p r epare for the night . Oh
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why woul d this h eaviness not 

leave hP-r? They had all been very kind . Funny but k ind . he 

rec a lled t he convers a tion of t he older woma n and t ried t o smi l e . 

Bu t , somehow , bo smil e would come •••• Stefan woul d turn into a noth, 

Koos . ould s h e do any t hing abou t it? Vb.a t makes a per son like 
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another pe rson. " hy d o some people ~e more i mpression on 

c,}l ilrt.ren t han others ? }Vhy d idn ' t the r just st op here? Why not 

1bu ild t he ir h omes here? 

She s topped her t h ough ts . She exa ined t he idea in her mind , 

testing it from eve ry s ide •••• Yes , why not? The re was water . There 

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was rich. Why not? ••• She knew they woul d not . Tha t ' s 

And S tefan wi l l be like .Koos but the c h ild in me will be .e . She 

put her h a nds on he stomach but there was nothing to feel yet . 

Go od thing t he s ick nes s h a d p ssed . 

The mus ic reache d at her . She walked ov er t o where t h e two 

y oung men played . They g reete d he r . Paul tried to make way for h er 

to t a ke his seat but she stopp ed him . She went round and sat on 

t he g round , l ean ing her b ody aga i nst t he left back wheel . t h e 

wagon . She was in t he darknes s a nd coul d see without being se e n . 
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nd r ound her , a n int o her , and t hough her , flowed the music tha t 

h ad started thi s re'""'a.vine s s i n h e r . Yet it was gay mus ic . he 
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t ur ned her h ead as Lena ' s dau 0 h t e r , ~lsie , c ame towa rd the musi ciai 
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:Paul watched her coming . He i'latched t he strong br a v·e t h i ghs 

an t he fir stra i ght lines of her body t ha t showed through the 

simple p r int d ress J h e wat ched t he firm ri e breas t s tha t pu shed 

t h e dress out and stood u p like two young h ill ocks. There Jllas an 

i nno_cence , a purity in h is scrut iny . Elsie c ame u p t o thert1 and 

leaned aga i ns t t he wagon near au l . 

" Your mus ic is 

J f " It s or y ou , " 

ood ton i ght ," she sa i d . 

It was a simp l e statement of truth . 

He turn ed his h ea d and smiled a nd s oke to he r without 

interrupting hi ~ playing . 

"You look nice tonight , El s ie . " 

"Oh . Only toni gh t . " 

"You know wha t I mean . " 
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" She ' s full of t h a t n ew J an sen f e llow . Koos , J"a nsen . I ' ve 

her look a t him ." .l oses s ok e with d i sgu st . 

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"I don ' t l ike him , " Paul said s e r ious l y . 

" You a re jea l ous , naul , " Elsie l a ughed . 

" ~To . I ju s t don '. t l i ke him. " 

" And why not , .y nheer I a ul Van As? " 

" You see , " Moses dec l a re d still in d i sgust . 
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" He beha ves too big ," Paul s a id . " ndth ere ' s something about 

him I ju s t don ' t l ike . " 

" ~ ell he ' s a grown man . " 

" S o am I ." 

"Lo ok at his bea rd and 1 ook a t yo u rs . " 

" There ' s only a few years be twee n us . " 

"But h e ' s among the men . " 

" Leav e her a l one , Pa ul . " The disgust was v e r y s t rong . 

" S o could I be ." 

"But you a re not . " 

" Oh , n lsie . Stop fi g hting with me . We alwa ys fi ght and I don ' t 

want it ." 

" Its bec ause you a re stup _id . 11 

"El s i e . " 

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don ' t like t h way he looks a t you , and it~ not b e c a use I 

-----don ' t i ke him . 1 ju s t don ' t lik e i t . P l ease •• • ; " 

/ El s i e tossed her head and walked a way . Paul c a lled: 

~ie-. " 

j The mvs ic drowner< is voice . She wa l ke awcy f rom t he wagons , 

to wher e the c a ttle g r a zed near t he dg e of the riv e r . 

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man , Faul Van s , b t , suddenly, sh i ked him bet t er t an a ll these 

other people here . She BO t up and went b a ck to their own wagon . 

The re was gr e & t er h r ~:i ony be t ¥een l:er an i t he ~us i c . 

3 lsie sat on the b f nk of t he river . her kn es were ~ulled u 

so t hat her chin reste . en the~ . Her n r ns wee fo ld ed round her 

le s an<i her h", i r t umb l ed down t he a i de of her f a ce , a,e les s 

drea~s , dre .ms beyond d es cri p tion , c oursed t h r ough her mind . 

S ome t h ing s he wan ted . S omething tha t would ma ke her feel whole. · If 

only Faul cou l d u :1derstand th&. t. 

o nce she h a d seen a lady in a carriage driving past in Cape 

Town. The l a dy's head wa s high. All t he heads of English l a dies 

were high . 11 the clothe s Eng li sh l a d i e~ wor e were bea utiful . 

The man beside t h e l a dy in t he c a rr i ag e h ad his head bent and the 

l ady was smiling with her he ad high . 

She h ad sto~d a nd stared til l t he c a rri age was out of si -ht . 

S o~eth ing ha hap,ened then . She had e lt uncom~leted , not whole 

like _the 1 ,d_y . 

'/hen sh- got home she had told the f amily abou t it . bout t he 

lady and how it -~de her feel . Her f a t er h~d ct U J w1t~uu t a 

word , r eached for the rawhide t h en~ , t ken her into the bedr om 

and beaten -thhe fear of the · ordO- i nto her . 'rl1a t had been the stcr t 

f it a ll. ft er tha t each day had been more u nbearc,.ble tha the 

• Eac11 day des ire lw.d ,r wn stronger . 'rhe beati ng had onl v 

inflamed her des ir e with ou t ex -laining what and whv it ras . The 
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young farmers end sons of f a rmers vh had come to pay cour t had 

become una ttr a ctive . None of t hem ben t like t he man beside t he 

ladv , n ot one of them had t ha t expression on his face . 

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carri a ge . here h r 1 been so much tc do . There h ~d been t he excite -

ment t he journey a nd there h ad be en laul . nly Paul wa s s 

umb . Some times he was on the po int of lo ok ing a t her as t r:e man in 
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the car ria ge had l ooked a t t h e lady , Ljust befor e it h a -, ened , he 

would l ower his eyes or turn away . How it h a d infuriated her . J,J1d 

e a ch day it i nfur i a ted h e r more . lie a l wa ys d i d it . 

The excitement h ~d eone out of t h e trek now. It was a h a rd , 

grim , dogg ed jou rney now , boring a nd heavy , full of monotony . There 

was n othing exciting in ga in short of water sometimes ; nothi ng 

exciting in struggling up mountains and over r i v ers and t h rough 

s and and never r esting enough . But i t had all he lped her to forge t 

the Cape Ton l a dy and her carri a ge a nd the look of the man . 

Jow th i s Koos Jansen had brough t it al l back . The first tie 
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she ha seen him lo oking a t her s h e h~.d recogn i - ed the look . The 

vision of t he l a d i her carriage had retu rn ed . She h a d shivered . 

She h a d not me a nt to . It h a d just h a ened . l so , she had felt 

afra i d without knowing why . Yet, kn itted i nt o her fear had been 

excitement and pleasure . If only Faul looked at h e r like that . 

They woul never fi g ht , t hen . 

"Good evening , ... iss Elsie . " 

$he looked u quickly~ sta rtled . Koos Jansen stood above her . 

Again the fear a nd joy shot throug h her . 

"I s aw you coming t h i s wa y a nd c me along too . I hop e you 

don ' t mi nd . " 

Hurriedly she looked b a ck at t he wagon s . 
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"Oh , nobody knows I followed you . " 

He sat beside h e r . She kept her he ad sl i ghtly t u rned away . 

"I hope y ou don ' t mi nd? " 

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" Good . All day I wa nted t o t a l k to you , to be alone 

you , to hear you t a l k . " 

She r e l axe d a littl e . She knew his head wa s bent as h a d been 

t h e h e a d of the man i n t h e c a rri a ge . he knew if she h ad heard t he 

voice of the man in t h e carr i a ge it would h a ve had t h i s same 

caressing n ote . 

Koos smelled t he body- h e a t of t he g irl . e re embere d t ie 

d ays of lonelines s t ha t were b ehind h i m a nd the horrible yearning 

he some time s h a d for Anna . 

"When I s aw you I knew you were lonely like me . " 

He put his a r m r ound her shoulders and fe lt t h e warmth of 

h er fl esh u nder h i s fi ngers . 

This is wha t t he man i n the c a rr iage would do and say , t h is 

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~ ~J\ ~is what she a lways wa nted . 

~ e fe lt her r e l a x and drew her cl ose r into t he fold of hi s 

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arm . 

"Iis been t errible without anybody t o t a lk to . 11 

She wan ted to answe r J..,J:-h t he l a dy would but s he did not :kn ow 

h ow . Still , she wa s like t h e l a dy now. 

He c a res sed her a r m and shoulders , gently . She liked t h a t . 

" I like. your h a ir , " He tou che d it with his l ef t hand and 

r ubbed it again s t his face . He t u cked he r shoulde r d ee er u de r 

his a rmpit . "D' you like it? 11 

" Yes . " 

He l a ughed softly and slipped hi s hand under her a r m, near the 

out e r b a se of illll@ brea st . She pulled away a little but he he ld her 

and c a res sed the breas t with t he tips of his fingers , moving 

toward the nipp le a ll the time . e tou ched t h e nipple . She shive red 

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h a nd c ame round and worked down her side . 

" No . Please •" 

"Why not ." 

The h a nds kept working . She strugg led aga inst them. 

She strue;g l ed ~ desper a tely . Hi s ·hand was down between 

her thighs , inside her dress . He twisted her ne c k , kissed her 

mou t h and for c e d her back till s he was fl a t on t he g r a ss . One of 

h is heav y t h i ghs p inned her down . He relaxed on e h a nd to loosen 

t he f ront of his trousers . She Git s a v agely a t h is arm . He gasped 

and pulled it away . She fought off t h e weight of ris t h i gh , rolled 

over a n ju.mri e up . Tears streamed down her face . He grabb d , 

ca11ght a bit of her dress . She jerked it loose and ran . She cried 

as she ran , j erk ing sobs s h ook he r . 

3he heard hi ge tting nearer . Hi s h a nd reach ed o~ t and 

touched h e r s h ould ers . She tried to swe r v e . The weight of his 

band a nd t he sudden move of her body unba l a nced he r . he fell . 

uickly she cr ou ched , re a dy fr a tt a ck . 

u ~der her hand . She liftei it . 

p i e c e of stone c ame loose 

" I ' ve got a st one . If you c me near me •• • 11 

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~ ,p; sin~ .voa little lJiteh, and _9ott ' Fe ~o i l"l'P: 

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He was pois ed abov e her . Desperately she flung t he stone . It 

b ounc ed off h i s c h est , near his ne c k . fffl:e ha cl. c.imQ d f o;r h ~ fa ts.. 

She crouched lower , wa iting to beat off t he a tta c k when it c ame . 

I ns tead , u n expe ct e ly , hi s ope ~ pal ~ shot out and cra cked ag~ins t 

her f a c e with a ll t he weight o h i s body . It knocked her l a t . 'le 

lay on t :1e ground , d a zed.6) whi:inp @Jrii.i-tg. He t re r ed a b v e her . -he \11,,1S 

~orki~g eH t ~ ~ fps~t 0f h i~ tre~soFs , Ta infully she tried to f ucus 

and pull he rself tog eth er . She ga thered a ll her streng t h and go t 

to her k nees . He sr a cked her down aga in . 

':Then she be c am.e aware again , he was i n he r . She wa s }.l i t ned to 

the ear t h by t he wei ght of h i s body . She tried to fight . e l aughed . 

"Now y ou c an fight , my dear . ro on . " 

Sh e fough t fiercely . The mor e she fought , the more he l a u hed 

and the wilder b ec ame h is mov emen ts . ga i s t her will , whi m e ring , 

fight ing , she felt he r body begin to res ond to t h e wi l dne s ~ 
~ 

~eNP88~ t hFettgh him. Nausea surged t h rough h er , bu t still he r 

t l i ghs moved up t o mee t t h e r y t hmic motion of his , and when t h e 

monent arriv ed she wa s c a rri ed a l ong with h i m. 

He rolled ove r on the gras s and l ay beside he r . Sh e tried to 

n ave away , to g et a s f a r from him as posaibl e but t h ere was no 
, ,),. .:, ' 

strengt h i n her body . Only t h e tea r s
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k ept f l owing@ t hoy n e e d ed ~ 

s-tr e ng.UJ:a 'l'hoy flQwecl. ef their e em acce:rs. . An ocean t o d rown out 

h umiliation and deep.,... inaeJ:i"ele ii-.n,&. h ur t . 
~ °"" ~ LL ~ \ 
"If you tel1 t h em , they wi ll b l ame you . I will s ay you l ed me 

on . They will believe me . 11 

he k new t hey woul d b l ame her . 'I'h e y would beli eve h i m. 

" They will ask ' vrny did y ou go to t n e river a t n i ght with a 

y ou don ' t k n ov .' I will s ay we a rra nged it . Your f a t he r will 

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Yes , t hat woul ha p en . She knew it woul d ha ~ Jen . 

"But ev en if they d i d be li ev e you , t here i s onl y one thing 
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t he J c a n do af t e t '.1ey hav e beaten yo , they Cc..n ma ke me marry you . 

That i s all . Do you wa:1 t to , arry me? " 

No , not thu t . bove a ll not tha t. They coul beat her , do any• 

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t h ing t hey liked . Only , they mus t not metke her a rry him . She would 

k i ll her s elf r a t he r t han t h a t . 

" So , you see , the best p l an for you i s t o say nothi ng . Vi e 

your eyes and g o b a ck and say no t hing . Because no ma tter wha t you 

sa., you will suffer . " 

He s a t up . He reache d ou t to her but she shr"nk away . He _ 

laugnea. . , ~' , . . ', (! j Lt. ~ ~ 
" I want not:hi-rig more from 37 ffi::l . Get up . 11 

He go t up a nd helped her to her fe e t . She stagge red a few 

steps t hen steadied and wa l ked slowl y , he a vily , bacx t t 1e c i r cle 

of wagons . 

He wa tched her for a while t h en smiled bitter l y . He tunned 

and ralked down to t he river . 

~ :affh· raa i4s e..re w~rmer "' nd thsy fight lc5s :1" 

" Sis t er Jansen c a vi read ," 1.ar tinus sa i d . " ; t t h e end of 

each day ' s tr ek we will t ake l essons from her . ,~ inly it is fr 

the chi l dren , but those among t h e ol der fo l k who want to do s o too 

wi ll be we lcome . Do no t be shy but come and be t a u ght . " 
... 

H,e( pau se 

head, / He 1 ooked 

a nd he l d the an i mal-grease l amp h igh ab ove his 

4-t.. 
a t t he peopl e to ~ sure t ha t ev e r yone wast ere . 

Y , they were all t here , ga t her e d in a body a t t he foo t of the 

an s wagon . Anna sat i n t he c ent e) of the bunch wi t h a Bible 
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oh her le,!,. he light of the l arnp fe l l d i rec t ly ever her Dnd 

lit u t hE pFges . 
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" Cir sis t er will l ec.d us i !l a ps;:::. 1 :-. , then we will 1-'ra.y . " 

The ol d mc,n b oved his head .;,nd vm i ted f Gr 11.nna • 

.,_nna Sc id : 

( The Lord i s my shepherd 

Ti.: l sie ch ke-1 b 01.c k t he sob t h, t r ose i n her t Lr o .t . :)he 

fe lt Koos s eyes on h, from just c, few y,~rds away . -aul c aucht 

Koos l ook i!le; 2,t her . His fa c e ti1underei . ' l s1e i •1toned t e wur ds 

after nmi . 

I shall not vrnt 

n.re l 1!:l s t re,.1emb .;red t he c r ie s of h i s wi fe and ch ild . 

k._ma .. {e th me t o li e d own i!1 ·green pas t u res 

Elsi e r e .. e.'.lbered how sh hr.d b e en for cea d own i n the 

green grass . Sonething i. ne · w&n t ed tu burst . he w~n t ed tu 

c ry_~~ I'au l ' s fingers fund her h,nd . 
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1 u ng t o t lfi 'tEi:! 

ftncers rnd hP.r:rd his voice echo t he words Anna had read . 

where they wold ~ee t t he Body of t he tr ek , ~nd f r om whe r e t hey 

woul d c ross ov er i n t o t he - ro~ised l and . 

He r es to_r e t h m.v sou ], 

. ~ Cell i er remembe r ed h ow she had·s ,a t on t he b i g , bla c 

Yaff i r . She h2d 1neen t t o sp it in h i s f a c e b ut i t ad only 

re ched u p t o l i s che s t . he r v o i c e qu ive r ed . 

( He l eade t h me in t h_eJ£i. t l1.s-9..:f._x i gr±..:t e ousne ss 
_f_o,r.. h i s _name ' s s 0_k_e . 

Ye s per r ~ ~b e r ei the mo nta in and t h e v a ll ey . He 

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r e ·1e"'l.bered, Rl S O, t he f a ce of l d Joh annes . He w0uld t ner 

on e day . Fe w oul i se tt le with Old Johannes . Or his son wou ld 

go . '.'/ha tev r h 2 p:p n ed , a Janse n woulr!. go b a c k a nd c Venge t he na . e 

of Jansen . 1 n d , s 'ome ~lle re in him , as he said t t1e w rd s , t here 

was f f ide t h a t it should be h i s w ·man who l ed t he 

tion . 

s a l ::i reci t a -

_Jea t h ou h I wa l k throu h the v a lle 
shad ow of fte a t h , I will fear no evil 

of the 

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Tho s e are true words , Koos though t . There were those 

two Kaffirs , t hen there was tha t skepsel , aul. And in the 

more di s t a~ t past , too , t he r e were many in stances when he 

h a d ki lled instea d of being killed . That proves the rightness 

of the words. 

( For thou art with me 

I wish my mother were here , -oses t hought . She would know 

how to look after Lelia and the two boys . I ' m not more than 

a boy myself and i~s v ery hard . Ther e a r e times wh en pa doesn ' t 

to know what he ' s doing . I wish she were wi t h me . 

( Thy rod. 

ther e comfort in the world , nna wondered . 

Thou prepa rest a thble before li e in t he 
presence of mine enemies . 

We s h ould have a rmerl 

the Cape . It wa s a refra i 

as many ~nglish a nd Yaffir 

man and child an d t a ken 

,e s h ould h a ve killed 

Kenn i e Joubert looked a t na a nd nodded to hers 1 • She 

r.iay be t h e daughter of 1 ieter de ·.:-elk a nd Hannah Steenkamp 

but I am t he Lord ' s anointed ; I am the virg in whom t h e ord 

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cun r u n neth ov er 

'Ve h a v e been lucky so far , Lena Be zuidenh out told herse l f . 

1 1 t h e s e others hav e s uffered more t han w hav e . I t is selfi s h , 

bu t pl eas e , God , l e t i t stay like t ha t . ... - I don ' t l ike t ha t 

man Koos a nd n e i ther doe s n na . I hav e s e en t he way she l ooks a t 

h i m. Oh , I hope he does n ' t wan t El s ie . If he wa its he r Jaf ta wi l l 

l e t h i r.1 hav e her . I don ' t w· n t her t o marry h i m. u t J a f t a l i k es 

him . Now I au l . 

l Sure l v g oo1 ne ss a n~ mercy shal l fo l low me 
al l t he davs of m life 

The v oi c es droned ov er t 11e qu i e t , night - kiss e d v e l d . 

n d I wi ll dwel l i n t he house of t he Lor d fo r ev e r . 

In t he sil ence tha t fo l lowed t he end of t he psal m t hey a ll 

kn 1 t and Ol d •-ar t inus Van 

prayed fo r the night a nd 

tr ial s t h a t were t o c ome b e f or e t 1ey c ou 

t h e skie s and 

g t h t o mee t t h e 

en t er t he promised 

wou l rl keep wa t c n i n r e l a ys . mulct. s leep in pea_ce t il l 

the c amine of t he dawn . 'he e of t he j ourney would ~~ 

nna ro l led over from her side on t o her b a c k . Her eye s 

reached u p t o t he bright s t a r s in t h e b l a c k night sky./Kasper 

moved beside h er . His breathing t ol d her t ha t h e was as as 

she as . And 1 1 t he other things • • • • 

" One ••. t wo • • . t h r ee • • • four ••• • • " .~he count d t e stars . 

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7me n she got to ninety-eight her mind began to Wc,nder f r t: ... h e 

st a rs • . . • •.• • •• ' oos is Stefa n 8.n ° tef' a n wi ll be Kuus . And lead 

us not into t empta t iun . The tirn when she a 11d ... ..::aric: went into t he 

fie ld s a,nd pulled a c l1 ot her ' s br easts to .'lE,k t hem bigge r . Bu t 

it w sn ' t wrong . It rv ul<i b , wrong now . ,' nd t h e time J a ie 

p i d1le on the c a l f and t he n f e ll into t h e s t ream • •• . 

~A hundr ed and f ive ... a hundred an d s ix." 
v 

Not t onight •••• 

She turne d her head away from him a n ~ o k~d a t t n.e o :,Y 
lines of t he other wag ons • 

•••• And I wil l dwell i n t he house of t he Lord fore v e r . 

7/h r e i s t h e hou s e o·' t ne L rd? ••• --=-~~-
espera tely s he turnerl b a c k to t he stars . " ,. h undred a nd 

te~ . " , t thr ee hu~dr ed a n~ nin e ty ~t h r ee she fell asleep . 

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In e,no t her wagon El sie l ay awake . Ler' body ached , a nd 

down there it was b lo ody . Dry- eyed , dry- heart , wi de awake , she 

kept w2- t ch with t he long nig.1t . 

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Ga ily , in shim~e rine colors of the rainbow , the heat -ha ze - ' ..:,./ 

d::w ced a f ew y a rds ahead of t he l e .din wae 0n . How a nd where it 

c ame fromJ was a fre a k no on e unde r stood . But it r e.:na i ned t ne re , 

ju s t ahead , wi t h a ll the e a rth flowing into it . 

:;;....:, ___ ) _____ 3 __ T_h_:__re was ~ merr ine ss ab out the flovnng colo- rs . hey ski ,1.,e d in 

and out of t he h ze lj_ke l a ugh i ng children a t lay . Al.ost , t he ir 

laughter r a ng out agains t t h e fr snness o the or n 1ng heat . 

On a bould e r , ju s t off t h e f a int path a long whi ch t he wag ons 

rolled, a monstrous sna ke sun~ed its s h iny body wi t h lazy abandon . 

It ign red t h line of wagons C Q plete ly . 

~ur t her up the slope of l &nd , beyond t he boulder , a budy 

of r abb it s fell over themselves in their eagerness to scuttle 

for their holes . 

- arawa y , on t he horiz on of thi s flat stretch of earth , 

the l e nd me rged with blue . ~ount a i~s; and the mountains , in turn , 

m~rged with the b lue r sky . 

Etched into t h i setting , the wag ons rolled a long . The Van 

s wagon led; behind it c ame t h e Bezuidenhout wagon . The JBlst 

w gon was t h ird in line , and. t he .Ja nsen 

rear . 

The elder Bezuidenhout boy was 

the Va n steam. One of hi s brothers 

ught u the 

v oorloo e r . e led 

agre emen t , they rorked in shifts . Later t he t h ird brother would 

t a ke the le a ding t e a m, t he seco d brother would be free to do as 

h e please End the e lder br other wou l d switch b a ck to the second 
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team . So their rota worked each day . They counted time by the sun 

an . their intellig ence and knew when it was time tu change s h ifts . 

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Onl Stefa n h a d no on e with whom he could ma ke su ch an 

a r r angenen t . Whe n h i s Oom o , s offered t o work in s .t i f' t s with 

h im , he accep t ed . But it w;;• sn ' t t he s ame a s hc:1.vi , s ome ot J4e r 

boy t o sh&r e t h e work wi th . He env i ed t he ot_ ers a nd resented 
~ , 

t he f a ct t ha t he was t he on l y boy in ~ fE c1il .. • 

Heh d t r n eri t hi'S mothe r , j ·s t be ore t Le t rek had 

stsrtert , Pnri asked . 
,,.--

'11sper hr,d been t here . ' nn c1- ht.d l 1.., cked ::,, t hLn und re .. tE::.a-

beTed the night bEc fore . It r;.:~d bee::11 the 1' irs t t lMe in 1:N 1 G 

ti·n3 t h,t tney h~1 s l e_1:,t si1c u;r side , cn1 th•~re had be:en 

' sor.iethinP, Yirl ng al u\lt it . She :-i2d known t h. t Las .)e r wan t ed her . 

~Le hc.d f c l t it in his ::1ov e .1, 1 ts <'.r rl in ti e ·1a y h · t urned and 

tou c hed her; she ht0 d k no1- ;~1 it by h i u~ rea t lnng 

t h ing i n her h d gone col d end. hrrd . SLe :i.L-d n0t :a.e:.:: nt it to be 

like t hr t . I t h-:::•d j u s t been so . _;H;l tb ,., y ~:.Al u in theFc , s1d€i 13y 

~i.de, eagn q;rowiB 0 J.10ra t~nss 2-nd ~,1cre ~l . .i:xt io by the i:tirmt e.,, 

:kJ3,1 .. ee:,iflg . 'Jhe:t? She cual1dm 1
l. tell, but 5lrc h e.cl been c.,i'Ptzla.. 

JmLJ sb ~ bad c: ensed seBc:t;l. ... il"lg li1ce it 1n i\.a s r er, too. ::s o s rte­

tw.!J: counted st;c.l!.s-. 

'.7h en Stefan had sa i : ~!/'c · u l d I. have a brother .'3, they h ad 

looked a t each other a n~ t he n Kaspe r h a d turned abrup tlv and 

walked away . 

So , with a sense of wrong in h i s 

fo u r t h t ean in t he · l in e of wagons . 

ni a ll , in turn , we r e l ed by 

gaily in the ~orning sun . 

·an l ed :the 

hea t- haze th~ t shim:nered 

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wagons . There , they worked on the clothing of their menfolk , re -

pa i red t hem and made others . There , t hey re pclred the food t hat 

the ir men wou l d eat . The spac e c ove r ert by the ter t 1ms t he 

extent of their home , and un er it they d i d t h e t hings t h ~t were 

normal in a h ome . 

The ~ were a l l on horseback . l d 1fa rtinus Va n s , a s 

l eader , few hundred yard s · i n front of t he group . 

Kasper , Jaf t a Bezuidenhout and ~a rel Elst flanked t he wagons ., 
Kas p er a nd Elston t he left , Bezuide nlj. out on th r i ,h t . 

And a little way behind t he l a s t wag on , Koos a nd · au l 

Va n sand , oses El st dr ove t he a nimals in a t i gh t b dy . 

>'.i:h.c:r e vme a- h eaviEe.:, s ab ou t t l3. i o gr,;nip-.lll.o+ e1,1ent , a etel~c 

~ thg_t Yret5 sol i d l.'3.199. iio:t.ire . Per all itiii sz lowness , it wonld ge-+ 

there,, f Ol'. i L had tho nrtbm of thil'lg ~ th.&:t arri1.~. 

So t he wagons moved thr ough the early morn in . They 

creaked 2-nd gr oa ned , sonet i mes they swayed' because of t he uneven,­

ness of the l a nd , sometimes they leaned prec a rious l y . Bu t a l ways 

t hey mov don . 

-Arui--,-solidl ,y and srrattils, th_c peup l e i nsi d e the wagons 

-ws-nt en ooitl3. t1'l:eir ctMk , and thoae outcide too. They spoke 

:Bare±:' .- Tha t would come . When they otttspa nned for t b"' evening 

~@szt , or it vv otdd come for a brief ei:,ell whi le they had Lllelr 

the left . 

" Someth ing moving t here . " 

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artinus shaded h i s eyes with his hand and lo oked . 

" Yes . Can ' t m2ke it out . an you?" 

"No . " 
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"'farn t he others . Tell them to come in . Koos good ?" 

"Very . " 

" Send h i m arid rau l . " 

Kaspe r rode b~ ck and warned the others . The women 

reached for rifles and powde r . The wagons mov ed c loser to eac h 

other . The men made sure that t he be l t of bullets s l u ng across 

each shoul der •as l oose anrt r e ady f or easy r eachi ng and t urn i n . 

Everyone , man , woman1 a nd chi ld , wa s on t he a lert . 

Koos an<l J'au l joined old !artinus . ·He poin t ed out the dis -

tant mov emen t . 

" See wha.t it i s? " 

The two young men rode away . 

" Ta ke c are ," the ol d man c a lled after them . 

Ja rtinus rode b a c k , unrolled his whip and c racked it over 

t he heads of his t ea□~ The p i s tol ike soun d star tl ed t he oxen 

into a bur s t of speed . The vo orlooper 

lead i ng oxen ~l ose on his hee l s . 

J[cart inus went to 

the group was ~oving a t 

Kasper to jo in •~ oses 

tted a l ong with the 

a nd did t he same . oon 

The ol d man waved to 

the ca ttle a long . 

The pace aoubled and the wagons rolle d on 

steadi l y behind the many- ~ol o re d heat - haze tha t still danced 
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gaily in front of them . 

Koos and Faul rod e side by side in silen c e . Koos k ept 

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exceft a t oos . Far ahead of them the mov ement con~inued . 

11 1.::ost likely Kaf 'i .1' s , but could be trek-<:e rs . " (oos spoke 

conversa t ional ly . 

Paul rode in silence . 
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11 • a t ' s t he r'.la t ter with you , r.tJ.an . Hav en ' t you a t ongue . " 

Still Fa;l said noth i ng . 

11 1,'i!ell , we l l ! ·:mat a co!;lpan io~ . It woul d be c1. shame t c., ha.v e 

to die with anyb ody l i ke y ou , ?Jvnh e e r Van As . Le t\s h ope you can 

fight as f i er c e l y as you ca n be si l ent . " 

Sti ll Paul sa i d noth i n • 

"Damn i t , a chil d# aN3msr~. You dun ' t t like me , 

I don ' t l ike y ou , 
r,, 

, .i.,......i..,-;., .. u .. 1.,c -, !.ynh e er l aul . But thu t ' s no 

r eas on for you t sulk 1 ike a woman . You ' re a mall(v ~ peak u ~ • 

Tell ri.e vou ha t e my.guts . I t will make me laugh , I war n you , but 
I 

say it . I promise not to knock y ou down now . " 

Pau l dug his heels i nto t he s i des of h i s h orse and sho t 

away from 1 '" oos . He compressed hi s lips and stared s t r a i ght ahe ad . 

oos urged his h orse on t o c over the gap be t we ~ t hem . aul tr i ed 

to keep it . - ~ar ahead of them , the 

and t hen disappear f rom sight . 

They rode on for a while . 

Pa ul pul l ed up and~ 

11 Kaffirs . 11 

" I coul d ha v e t ol d y ou that . " 

_o os wen t past h i m. 

~They wil l see you , " aul ca ll ed . 

11 They hav e , " oos Se i d . "Bo t h of u s . " 

"Faul f oll cwed . 

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11 1 wa n t t o f i nd ou t why they keep go i ng away af t er see ing us . 

Thev t u rn ed l eft a nd t ook a line para l l e l to t h e di r ec tion 

t he Kaf firs we.re g oing . ) ) 0 
They s t opped after a f ew mi nut e s . The l a nd s l op ed away 

sudden l y, s b @@il',. 

'' The othe r end of t he climb we mad e y est e r day , " T oo s s a i d . 

They d i smoun t ed a nd wen t to t he edge . 

Be low t hem , to t he righ t , a b l a ck ma s s mov ed awa y . 

" .~us t b e a hundr ed of t hem " aul s a id • 
.k" 

" nd look .the an i mals . I , d say the re s a hundr ed he a d o 
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sheep t h ere . u s t hav e made a big r a i d . Tha t s why t hey ' r e l eaving 

us al .. ne . " 

I aul t urned h i s head and saw four y oung bl ack warrior B 

try ing t o s t ea l on t hem. 

They ' r e not . " 

Eo os tu r ned a nd s aw. He l aughed bitt erly . 

" They wa nt amus emen t . Look \.a t t he othe r s wa tch ing ov e r ther e11 
' 

Th os e who bad n ot g on e d own 

s t and i ng t ogethe r , wa tch ing t he i r 

what woul ct ha ppen . 
z. 

'Nhen t he four r eali:~rn d t hey had 

were all 

wa 1tin to se e 

\ 

t h ey s t r a i gh te n ed 

up and kept comi ng . The foremos t on e r a i s ed hi s arms , opened 

h i s pa l ms a nd pu s hed them ou t war d as i f to pu sh the a i r of t h em 

away . 

" They wan t u s t o ru away , " Koos 1 ughed with out amu semen t . 

~Jhe b l ack men laugh ed when t h e one in t he lead ha d made 

t ha t moveme nt . They kept call i ng ou t a s t hey drew near . 

• .I " Shal l we d o as t hey vran t? Koos a s ke " " They wan t some 

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pick off t he f ou r and g i ve t h em somethi ng t l a ugh a ~ ou t ? r 

perhaps we ' d be tt er be c a r eful a s yo ur f a t h er h a d ord e r e d . " 

Pa 1 raised h i s rif l e . fi 

"Don ' t a i yet , " Koo s s napped , t h en js nil e d . " Yout e 
rli, 

ynhe e r p a pb roek , you ma y no t t a l k but you h a v e l h e a rt of a Boe r . 

Now wa tch carefully . r e y ou a g ood s nap sho t . " 

"Bette r t han y o i . " 

11 1:Te ' 11 see . We may not be her e i f y ou are n ot . The t wo ofi t h i 

right a re y ours . Af t er t h e f i rs t on e t hey ' ll rush . af ' i rs a l ways 

rush . • • • They ' re g e tt i ng in range n ow • • • 7a t ch • ." 

" Stop p r eac hing . I know my work . The t wo· on t h e r ght ?" 

"Yes , 

" I don ' t l ike you .Ja nse n . " 

" At l a st . But I kn ow h ow to fi ght . " 

" Yes . " 

"I c ould h a v e told you t h a t . Now! 11 

They r a i s e d t ~eir rifles a n d f i red . Th e re wa s only one 

report . Two b l a ck men ~ he eaP:t.l. . The two wh it e men r e load ,c 

with de c e p tive ea~e a nd s p eed . Th e t wo r ema ining b l a ck men came on , 

their shi e l ds r a i sed , the i r spe a rs p oised , t e r i ify ing bat tl e c ri es 

came fror.i their t h roa ts • What h a d st a r t ed a s fun 4''-r:
1

t :J:i i..Hi had 

t u r ned i nto b l ood a nd b a t tle . Behind them the 

mov ed fo r wa r d too . 

Pau l p icked off hi s se c ond m 

h i s in fi f t e en . 

DS 

" Horses ! " oos was h a l fway i n h i s s a dd l e as he shouted . He 

s purr e d t h e h or se on , t h en looke d ba c k . Pa u l was t n his s a dd le 

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the oncomi ng mass fel l and lay still . Faul turned and dug h i s 

heels i nto h i s h rse ' s sides . s they r de away a mass of bit t er 

'lo rv~ 
ouPs e-e, fol lowed them . 

" Good shoot i ng , a broek . Di d :v ou really aim for that o e?" 

" 'fua t do y ou t hink?" 

"r th,±hk you d i d . " .~ . 
11 d: r1ght . Let it g o . " 

"Faul •••• • " 

" I d on ' t l ike you , .Jan sen . " 

" l l e- ,i esu s ~ Again . 11 

11 Tothing ' s ha pened to chang e that . " 

) 

:Behi nd them t he cha se of t he b l a c k men fe l l away . T~ 

eoen cdl l'.ecli!!!ed the Htp633ibilit , of c a tching men on horsebac~, 

gaYe itap , a ll'l Larned to rejoin t he i:! ce1npaniorrn with the 'oooty. 

Koos a,nd F u l rode i n silence ti 11\they reached t h e wagons . 

" 1ell? 11 Ol d ~ar t inus asked . 

" A band of Kaffirs , " Koos S f➔. id . 

hcd cattle ~ith the~ . Ov e r a hg ndred 

of oxen . 11 

"Some poor Boer ••• , 

" 'Ne g ot five · of them . 11 

"Gocd . Comine t h i s wa y ? " 

" oinf home with their 1 oot . 

s h ould say . They 

a l arge colle c tion 

h i s head sadly . 

g oing to h a ve g ames 

vrit 1 us . Pa ul go t t h ree . I e; ot two • •. • Pa ul ' s go o • 11 

Th ~ old n l ooke a t his son a n n odded ob j ective ly . The re 

was no r ide in hi s look or voice . 

" He i s . I t ou r-h t hi:1 . " 

" He ' s g ood too , ". L .: ul s a i im .. ersona lly . 

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11 ood . '7e n ee l eader s . The Co 1-nandant wi11 be 

7he two o ng ~en t urned t½eir horses . 

"Iau l J" Van s c a.l l ed as t: y rode a.way. l .J , -fi:3 0 
J\1 u l ca 1e b·,ck . Koos c 2rrierl on t o t ake up his t 2 sk . ::.re- t.her 

a n d Gon lookeA a t each other . 

on ' t l i e h i ';l . 11 

" Ee . oesn ' t like you . " 

" Is it ' Yes ' and ' ,; o ' a ll the time ?" 

" ':/ha t e l se . 11 

good f1 6rt e r . }-o fear . Gc.,011 with nir1c ls . " 

11 .1:nd peo1,le . 11 

"I d 0n ' t kn ov1 . " 

11 ro ' v e r:1 de u:p your mi'1cl . Vou kne,w ." 

"I ':let hi, onl:- , esterdsy . " 

I tl.ink he ' s bc1d for 

"'.7hy? " 

"I fe e l it . " 

5 ---~"P.:1 you?" --w n~. t wil l c o--:ie out 

" You killed thre nen . " 

"Yes , I kil l erl thr ee men . .1: nd otlier s before th& t . · d tLere 

~ill be others after . " 

"':'hen wha t . " 
, (' 

has ·t b e ric., n e • 11 

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" I d on ' t 1 i e it • " 

" o I like it? " 

" Tha t ' s not t he 1 oint. 11 

"The ryrhat is. " 

("J 0 

" Ve does . I e likes kJ l ing . n so do many of our peopl e . 

'i. b lood-1 s i s fHOrin amOYlC us . " 

"Those Faff irs h a Boer she ep , .B oer c a ttl e , s o you k illed 

a f e of the':l . e ki lled ne fewer t hci il y u . " 

11 I had to . " 

"You h d to . You had t o k ill or be killed • . Ani y ou hc.te 

kill i ne . ni you he te 2. bl oo - lus t , rs ::,ro 11 cc 11 it , an ong y u r 

_pe o le . Th n wh·· t i s the r-i..m,wer ~ ::_ au l? ·,/he t would you hav e us do ? 

~~t do y u want .e to o to esc~pe the con cm at 1 on ci y our yes ? 

Shou l d I h2.v e stayed under the ~n ·li sh?" 

"-You know i tt s not you . " 

""'hen •;h:-> t ?" 

11 30 . ~, ny are be c ominr; like him.; g ood vn.th ani 'k.-, l s and bb..d 

witL ~e p le . h , you shou l d see how good he 1s •~ th an i 1uls ••• • 

'rou ' ve seen a l ot , father . You ' ve seen, en ' s yes when k 1llin · is a 

p l ersure for t he:n , wl.,_en hur ting gives t hem j He ' s like tha t . ~ d 

i t\s a~1 onr.: s o mEmy of u s sinc e the trek beg a " 

11 1/ar changes a .Em , J' aul . To live vou 

If YOU are not hard , 
\ 

to b e hard in war . 

l os t , you are t 1e 

def eated . In order to vin , t o live , you hav t o b h a rd , n t h out 

p it~, vi thout mercy . That i s the only wa {ith t he I:affirs a nd us , 

it must b s o . " 

"And afterw r s , f a t h , r , wha t t h en? ·imen we hav e a ll b ee ome 

hard , a nd know only how to be kind to an i CTa ls and not to eop~e , 

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' I )I I ----·-"Always , y ou t a l k of a fterw rds , nev er of today •••• . " 

"If I ' r:1 a live af terwards , I ' ll have children . I will hctve 

a wife . I am young and I will live in t he ' afterwards '. Thats 
IJr-t--- ' 

whv I t a l k of it . It will be my ~, and my wi e ' s life , a nd 

my children ' s life . " 
I 

11 We ' re a lways t a l k i ng about tis and v e 

getting anywhe r e . I ' n tired . I want it fini shed . You ' v e said all 

t hese things . If I am with you , if I agree with you i ns te ad of 

arguing aga i nst y ou , what would you do . What is your answer to it 

all?" 

" Tha t , I don ' t know . If only I did ••• • II 

~a t her a nd son rode sid by s i de in si lence . Beh ind the 

t he wag ons rolled along at t he ir normal pace . The v ~orl oo ers 

were not trotting a long any more . The danger was p a s t . Behind the 

wag ons , t he aniCTals pl odd d al ng fanwise . The men on h orseback 

se:e.med born to their s add le so &~ t h oug11 t h ey "eel m16 ed t he F e and 

-wo bl. l el a ppe~?' blmmtur a l 0 11 t Gf t h efl'.h 

The elder Van As looked side~ays at hiss n . There was a 

curious b l ending of p ity , ange ~ and exas eration in h is feeling 
) 

toward his son . 

busi ne ss t ha t was g oing on in 

been t h i s stran e 

he arrived a t what had to 

be done hi s mi n as a t ease . He co ul d not do a thing and hate it 

a t t he same tim . He t h ought of the to o , bu t differently . 

{e had p lanned for raul ' s t h ey ' d ha d a g ood f a r m and 

a l a r g e number of slave s . had bee till the 

10 l d be a l ong , l ong tim later . If a thing was g ood and had to 

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had to be one and y et was wrong? No . There couldn ' t be a ny t h ing 

like t ha t . Yet Paul b lieved it , and raul was unhap y and I'au l 

was no fool. He knewo, au l wa s his son . He h &,d seen )au l grow up , 

so he knew . nd ye t t here was someth ing so strange ab out t he mind 

of this son of h is . Some t h ing he could n ot ge t h old of , t ry as he 

wou l . And he anted to , be cause he liked ~ 

a g ood , an , a an t o be pr oud of . 

ful wa tching him grow up . 

" Shall I join the others? " 

g ood Boer . It had b e en wonder -

"This other bus iness , Pau l, you know , about ki lling and t he 

wa, you fee l . " 

"Yes? " 

"Do you feel v e r y terrible?" There was a. deep curios ity in 

t he old ma n:-e u o=:tce-. 

Paul looked away a t the hea t-haze ahead of them . 1'l:l.o aild !HUH 

fiop ea he co oal-i ep cl"l hi1' h e~rt. Me r eally wan te d to k now wha t sort 

~f faolicg moe in ~he ~ey~ 

" I don ' t kn ow . " 

The old man was disap ointed . 

" The disapp ointment wa s in his voice . 

Paul swung h i s hor se round and r ode back to join t he others . 

The sun climbed t ill t sat high overh ead . The shadows 

of the sun bea t down steadily . 

The sun shif t ed on westward . The hea t eased u • The heat · 

haze disappeared into the emptiness from wh ich it c ctme . The lon 

shadows leng t hen d and shortened sud enly . The day shifted to very 

l a te afternoon . 

nrt through t h e changing day the wagons rolled on . The me n 

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boy s chc1nge shifts , had b i ts of foo d!. from the women , tnen r e st ed 

ef or e oing on shif t again as vo otl oopers , Stead i ly , sl owl y , t h e 

tr ek pl odded on to t he X or t h . The brooding silenc e of the wid 

sp c es i n whi ch t hey w re , hung over t he humans as vell as the 

animals . fe ither man , woman nor chi l d spoke . Ke ither sheep l\() r l a.b 

blea ted , nor c ow ~or cal f ror ox l owed . On l t he wagons c r eaked as 

t he. 1>iove a long . Apart from the t, a ll w s si l en t . 

he l ~st r ay s of the sun were t ou h ing t ne uuter edges of tne 

ear th and sky with gol en ye ll w •1he11 ol d . .:artinus s i ght ed a 

moun t 2 in ass f a r ahead , a nd , coming out of t i:1e ass , t he scouts 

h o had promised to be with t hem a t noon . 

L
1he old ma n r a i s eri 11 i s r i:f l J h i gh ab ov e his hea,d . '.:J l owly the 

tr ek rurib l ed tc a stop . 

le c upped h i s hand ov er his mou t h and ca lled: 

" Sc out s ;::ihead . " 

he varons fcr;1ed a ci rc le . 

b od spoke . h, ~en po t 01t oft .e 

"1i t Y' .s tiff join ts t he 10::1 ,n 

he boys f ound a stream with a clay 

up clay and model cla y 

clay voorloopers . The 

a t the ff-FCCl'1 gr a ss a t t he i r fee t . 

,as br okcn . ~'Very­

stretched the~selves. 

ring Qo,ething t o eat. 

ru s hed t he r e t o s coop 

a nd clay wa ans a nd 

t he ir n cks and nibbl ed 

By t he time t he sc outs arriv ed c of ee was ready and ev erybody 

was munching bil ton , and a fla t , r ound 1 oc:~· t hat had bee n lla.h.ed in 

h t ashes the nit). t bef 0re . 

lhere were t welv e in tLe s c out ::: rty . Eight were I 1tted wi t 

k it fur t_ c night . 'I'hcy were g oing back beJond t he spot where th 

land s oped away to see if t he r e were any :1 or e trekkers on t he way . 

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Th eight who were g oine on gu l ped duvm '\ilielc~ mugs of 

co ee , t hen roie awav . Mter the: had dr 1 rn1, urn , r euf '@e, t h e 

~ur ,;h:o ·1❖ c1e te s,hnr on ner.e intr0:iuce d to the .:Ian-s en f t..itl il v • 
.,-LL. \.A/4..k ~ " 
~ walked littl e d i r t 3,nce away f'ro1.1 the vr oy:1en a nd 

c h ildr e n , squatt ed. o. the ir he un c he s , and t a l ked t ne busines - of 

t h .day ~nd o t he trek . 

~ho 1, ~at in a OC1'fli e;Lrglo , men 1Ni th differen tly COl vared 

u , 

~e ldtit of rurrning t h eir hard fin g ers Ua o ugl1 the ir uear d s--

he l eader f t he scou t s was a man c a l led Adam Schalk . He 

spoke for t her'.1 . 

"The sc ou ts tha t went south eas t br ought in a .1artv o 

t wen ty wagons just b efor e we 1 ft thi s ;-:iornin . • " 

" 'if expected y ou a t noon " Va n s s a id . 

" Yes . ', .e woul d hav e. been here on time but we me t a wa ·on 

that h 2d broken down . Two young women a nd an ol d one . 'hey h a d l os t 

t wo wh e e l s a nd were ou t of t e i r mi nds vri t h fear . 

long way back t o find the wheels re· a i r 

time . " 

" On l y ·women ? 1 1.,n e ?" 

11 To . They ' d been wi th w g ons . " 

" nd ? " S ometh i ng in Koos 'S v oi c e a l l the other s look 

a t h i m. 

" Yes , you ' r e r i gh t •••• We bur i ed t he res t on t he othe r s i de 

of t he Pass . Thr e me n , f ive women , fo u r chi l dren . " 

The men l o ered t he i r heads in s il en ce . Ka r e l Elst ' s v oice 

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cut throug h Lhe s il e nc : t, 

Gr I didn ' t even bury my wife a nd b aby . " 

l oses looked strangely at h i s f a t he r . 

"Kaffirs ?" It wa s J3 ezuidenhou t . 

" Wh a t else? " 

"And the v.omen? " a ul a s k ed . 

" Vie br ught t hem b a c k . Its better t h u t they join you 

instea d of g oing on by t h emselve s . " 

wt/he re re they now?" 

" On t h e other sid e of the Fass . They ' r e c a lm now . They ' re 

i ght . You c an get t h er e just before da rk and settle for t h 
' 

nig ht •••• See a nyth ing of Kaffirs? " 

" This morning , 11 oos sa i d . " They we re g oing that wa y . 11 h e 

p oin t ed here t hey had c ome f r om. " 'Ne g ot fiv e of them . " 

" Go od . Did they a tt a ck? 11 

" To, Iaul a nd I went sc ou ting . " 

"F i ty y ou di. d n ' t g et more . • • • The black devils . " 

"The:v h a d plent-y of c a ttle a nd s h e ep . " 

"l i ty t h ey a re t o o f a r a my . " 

The men got up a nd stretch ed t hemse lves . 

11 he om'1and a nt has orde re d t he c ros s ing of t h e Or a ng e for 

s ix days f r om tomorrow . This morning 

river a nd went orth t o explore . " 

he men went t o t h eir h ors 

The children left their cla y 

c out ~arty cros s ed t h e 

he women got into their wa g ot 

a nd their oxen a nd wag ons a nd 

h ou ses . Eac h man 

the ·women on t h e 

bu r i d t he r e . 

and tol d h is f a mily 0 

" orward1." V a.n s c a lled . 

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The wagons creaked and rolled forward a nd settled to h 

ste dy r y thm of t h e even pac e of the ox . Silence a;ain descended 

on □an and beast . Th@P s was 0nl;y the ~!10 v eurent of the a~b;~ 0111', onJ:-;, 

t he p l od. ct in~ of the oxefl straining a ge.i n s -::. t he ir I awhide r e 111-:,, 

rn.1.:f-- t h:e hoof b ea t s of t h e hol'.1'e , O'ftl j t l~e f or war d mov ement . 

When t he l a st rays of t he sun_ s l ipped a wa y behind t he far 

h orizon , t h e ass l oomed l a r ge in front of them . They assed 

through it in the g l oami ng hour , when it was neither li ht nor 

dark , (:_ei ~ er ci;h; nof day . s they emerged , they sav on ~~r 
a littl e way u p t he slope of t h e l a nd tha t went into the 

making of t h e moun t a i n Fass , fiv e wagons in a rough circle . But 

there we r e no oxen eith er in h a rness or ne a r t he w g ons . Nor was 

• there any sign of life . The wagons stood alone . And near the 
• 

wag ons were strewn things tha t h a d once been t h e d e ar possess ions 

of pe___o.ple . 1/Iugs , p l a tes , bits of cl ot h ing , an ol chest , a child.! 

wood n s pade tha t some f a ther h a d pc>,ti e ntly carv ed . · e a r the 

wagons was a big fresh grave . 

A thou san yards f r t he r away stood a s olitary wa on with 

a te a!'!l of oxen . ' . .''fith t hat wagon t he re was 11 ··e . Three human 

fi gu r es waved at the g rou p ~ oming throuGh t h e lass . The eo le ii 

the wagons an on 

ou t of h e r wag on 

women wh o s t ood 

'Whi l e t h e 

t h e 

bef ore 

wait ing 

wome n 

i t 

on 

Lena Bezuidephout got 

stop a nd ran to t h e t hree 

Van As party embraced the three 

women who h ad waited p oke words of comfort tot_ em , the mer 

move to t h e coP.u1una l g r a v e near the five desol .a te wagons . Ther e , 

t hey bared t he ir heads a . d g rouped around t he gra ve in s ilenc e . 

It wa s ju s t \ fresh- dug earth , heaped up to a s light , s lo ing 

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of a oung tree { wa ~the only sig n t :ta t what had been men and 

wome n a nd children onc e now res t ed undern e3. t r, t h2. t sod . ':Vh o they 

wee , whe r e they c ame from , wha t t hei r circur.istan c e Nas , of tha t 

t here was no sign . Or , pe r haps , the s i g ns were to be found in the 

five desol a t e wagons and t he thing s tha t were scattered about t hem 

Or , perhaps , the three women who had , by some str .s,ng e mira cle , 

escaped , \ ~ uld know and be a ble to tell . But for alJ others who 

w~ l d pass tha t way l a ter , for all others who would see tha t g rave 

there would be no sig of who l ay in it , where t hey ca. e rom , or 

wha t t h eir circu~s ta. ce was . 

The men stood i n silence till t h e women and chi ldren c ame u 

hen they · all went on t h eir knees . fartin s Va n spra yed • 

~ '' · l~ighty God : Th e wilde ~nes s has swa llowed up our broth ers 

a~d sisters an d t h eir children here . They came in eac e to 

l ook for a p lace to live in p eace . They c a.ne v,ith high hopes 

in their hear ts . Their h a nds were turne d against no _an . All 

c . 

r 

·they a sked as to be fre e and l ive in fr edom with the i r 

neiP'hbo rs • 
._J 

11 .t! or t ha t they have left their homes and cros ed the 

wild erness a s e v en we , Thy peopl e , a re doing now . All tru-, t 

t hey h a ve built a nd see g row , they lef behind t h en and 

did not look bac k . Now they a re dead . 

heart , lmig hty God , 

h onest , h a rd - workin 

t hem rest in peace . 

to Your 

people; good , 

to your hear t and let 

0 nd , God , curse with a ll your ange r the heath en s a v age 

Y2ffirs . Str i ke them dead . Giv e us streng th to 

dead . Curse t he.:"' u nto the las t g eneration with 

strike t hem 
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ev er l a sting 
...,:., 

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dev ils , the chi l dren of devils . > 

" Take to y our bosom , t he s e , our b r others a d sic· ters , d 

g ive us streng t h , 0 l n i ~h tv ; to strike t he fear of God 

into t he savage , heathen Kaffir ' devils . Give us stren@ t h , 

for in you is our strengJ;.h . Amen . " 

... 6,,...feroent ;rm:e11 Ic 5 e fFOh! t h e ee,n1,ineEi t h r oat s of a JJ t he 
~ 

.itb BiW8 .. They sang a hymn for the dead , ~ t hen t hey :eP.ooped 

back to thew g ons of the living . 

> 
They sat in gr oups r oun t he co munal fir e , eating t he ir 

evening meal . They t a lked in lo v voices for the dead 

them, an~ t he sense of t he dead was heavy ov e r them . 

~ near 

The c h iln.ren were tir e d . fter their :neal some we n t to 

sleep while others sat open - mou thed , occas j_ on ally nod d ing , 1 i s ten ­

ing to t he t a lk of the me n . 

Thew _en were wi t h t he three new members to the i r group . 

he new women were ca lled Scheepers , a other and her two daughter 

There h d been1 four of tbe~ when they h ad joined the party t ha t 

was nov.r bur i ed on the hillside . Ther{ had been a father. e,e, ¥Jell 

s.-lii tb.g ::.10:tr1.c1 and t ov o daughter .... e f a t he r had died of fever on 

t he wayside early one morning . t he journey and had b 

row they 

Cf t he k~ffir r a i 

too close . Sud enly , 

them . They could not 

not t a lk . It was too fr~sh , 

h e darkness , death had descended on 

v they g ot away . They could not tell 

if t he ir te am had been outspanned or not the night before . All the 

knew was t ha t they a l one were left of what had once b en a l &rge 

party . 

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five desolate wagons to see what was l eft . They returned wi t h 

rifles and powder , clothing , ~nd other househo l d thing s tha t would 

e of use to t he living . 

"It was unexpe.ct ed , " Schal k announc e • "Not a shot was fi red 

from any of the r i fles . " 

"Wha t of th wagons? " Van As asked . 

11
"\~

1e ' ll use your ca ttle to t a ke them a long . " 

Later , Kasyc r Jansen eot up and vralked ·away from t he fire . 

Ann watched him g o . After a wb il e she got up and f llowed him . 

He ha not s1)oken to her all day . He h ad hard l y spoken to anybody 

else all day . Tha t h a rdne ss t ha t :1.ad cone whe n they had l ef t t~e ir 

val l ey se eme d to be ~e r ~&nently on hi· now . She had h o~ed it would 

br different vhe~ t he ~ere no l onge r a lone i n t he wilderness . ane 

had hope'd tha t be i nc wi t h o_ther peop le woul1 bring t hem toce t he r 

' ag ,in . She w2,,,, ted to te-1 1 bim abou t the ch ild th .. t was t ak ing shc:,,.1."e 

end form with i n he r • .:.3u t bei· ,re she c uli d0 so sc,nethine; h:i.d to 

o~e fru~ h111 . So lon~ si nc e t hey had l as t rctlly s~0ken to each 

other . 

It vas rliff icult to hi e her I t a l ways C G.J1C 

t he 1J. or n1n ,.. , 8 r1 '1 1 SO qni t ,mrl it vras 

diffi'Jl lt with C" 0 :1,ny , e op ere Bl one she 

co lri ·m l 8. T y a nd be sick in pe c e . her , it would be a 

cr i me if a nybody -e ls e were t o fi nil out }~as· er . If only he 

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woul i. li c:.}: it os v 1 b l e f r her to t ell hi::1 . It \ms her duty to tell 

, '":he stur'lble,. i n the dr.rk en, ste:-i. i crl },,rs l f . _c s , it vms as 

she ,13. c thouc;.-it • .. e W"'.S go inc, t vr rrl the f_...,rP v e an those five· 1112.,g 11 

]he c a ll ed : 
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slowl y , conscious a ll t l!e tine o.I' the l c tharry thc"t was in her bon 

3h t rie1 to iic k out h i s f a ce in the dark . 

11 :re ll?" 

"I wan t e1 tu gc with you . " 

.,, 

He a cc e pted. it a nrl. t r ned . She f e ll into ste1.' beside hL . ... he 

cli'".1.b e in s il enc e till the:, stood v t he erav e. T8.S er took off 

his h a t and stared a t t he earth . nna vanted bi. to speak t o her , t 

t e ll wh~.t r s goi n[; on in hi 11 . She vmi t ed . "he hc=-,d m" de t he 1 i rs t 

ges tur e , he CTUst ~Ake the net . 

Fe turned 2 n 1 ve nt dovm to where tlie wa_ ons were . ~:L_e turned 

i th i .1 an r"' '1C"J inl"i a t his s j 1e . "7i th t' 1e :f c. rc e> of her riind she 

wi ll e d hi~ to speak to her . 

The ',72.lke between L.e vmg ons . Yas_i,,er touched a wne el here , 

a e pty y oke there , a p iec e of r av1h i de le a t her in ano t he r l a ce . 

And a ll the tJ.me she knew what was ha pening inside h1 :~1. The hardne 

was g; cwi ng harder , the sh~ u . o cold alo0iness more intcncc . bach 

·.1 inutc he was gcttinu ·nore like :;: c.,o s \ 1t.~01l t being rch,xed li e -L>.O 

lier -1ind jw11""erl to it in a ;10:.1ent of b li n j_ng br1ll1.c:ncc . 1., lH,..;, }wd 

grown inte, d1at he vm,s , it hv,d co,11.c easi l y , in st:ige s that covere 

the C, an o his ye~rs . :t os hr:,d had time to becorQe wha t hew .s ~1--l 

~ith ut any change f r~~ c.nythin else . 1hat was t he d ifferen c e be ­

twee n then . Kr:i.sper h ? d to d in a s:r_ort spe ll wha t Koos ad don e in 

a life time . Tha t was it • . n1 to d o it 
v 

a wor l d of his own , a h a rd cold wo 

ho.d to look h i..:.1se lf av 2'.y i 

' hatred . The. t was the, word : 

ha.trcd . '.":he had seen. it -so of t en , . l 2 tely , in Ka s pe r . It v;asn ' t 

. directed a t c,nyb o y . It wa.s ju s t t ile re . ''lhe11 he had' knocked her d m 

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that stream v7h re Koos h~•j k ill ed the two a 'firs , it h· d 

for t h then till she couldn ' t look at his eye s . Byt why couldn ' t he 

t a Y.e her i nto it to? 

2 ow, a s he touched p xts of things t ha t ha d once belo g ed to 

r oe rs like t heMse lves , and as she ral ked beside h i m, she felt t ha t 

ha tred aga in . It radi a, t ed from deep insid ~ hio . 

" ,.asp er . " 

"Yes?" 

They tu rned and wal ked hack to t he wagons . 
I 

"I ' m s r ry about l a st night . If only you 

"It's a l right " 
I • 

/ 
"Kasp er .,.. I vrn nt t t el l you some t hing ••• " 

I 

"Yes?" 

"I' r.i g oing t o have a baby . 11 

" Good . Vlhen?" 

"September , I t hink . " 

; ow he wou l d say someth inc . Now he woul d say he ' s ple a ded an1 

wan~s it to be ano ther boy who woul d gr w up to be a ood Boe r . N 

he ~ou l ~ come cl ose to ~ er again . 

But he rena i ned silent as the- walked a l ong . 

na stopped 1alk1ng . He· kep t on . 

"Kas:pe r ." Her voice was desperate . 

He ca:1e back . 

" '.'/ha t is betwe en us? " 

"VI.ha t do you mea n? " 

" .!JVer y t h ine; , Yasper •• ..• Ev erything . '.1/e are 1 i ke strangers . 

We don ' t speak to e 1 other an more . You turn your eres awa fro 
I ~ 

. e ' n I tell you ch ild an d you are not even ha Y " J • 

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" !\.nd what of t he other t hings ? ~!ha t of us?" 

"nna , ,;e ' r e on t rek . " 

" So we mus t not speak or be h .ppy?" 

"n ow can you t ,, l k o · he- .Jpines s now? Don ' t you reme .?J.be r t he 

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11:.,.::us t you b e h2.rd even vli t h ,e? " 

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11 I ' m not har d . " 

11 h Kaspe r . You don ' t ev en see t ha t . " 

" There are t h ings to be d one , Anna . 7lhen t hey a r e · d ne t here 

wi l l be time to r es t . ~e lo s t our home be ca use I ~ ade a great 

u i s t ake . Now we must :i;:ay f or i t . How ca n I b e hal)'y ? " 
I 

II right , Kas ,e r . " 

"Bu t I' r.1 n ot h _rd , Anna . " 

m12. thought: n ot hard • .ru s t a Boer do ing what mus t be done . 

With my Bi bl e and my i f l e . Doing W!'la t r.1.u s t be done . Not he.rd • .rus t 

doi ng wha t mu s t be done . 'Nha t was it her mother had sa i d ? vVas it 

wr ong to wan t l aughter and har,_p i nes s ? Doi ng wha t mus t b e done . Chang 

ing ~o do wha t must be d onB . 

They wal k ed ba ck to t he c ommuna l f i re in s il en c • Kasfe r t ol d 

h i ms elf t ha t whe n a l l t h i s was over he woul d try to expla in t o nna . 

s ome t h ing to 

expl a in , but wha t it wa s , h e d idn ' t know . Sti ll , perhap s , by t ha t 

time he vo u l d know a nd b e abl e to t ell he r . M:her-1' 

t e.1 1 he r . f ours e , ..t-h ete ~ • It woul q. come to h i r.1. in t i me . In tr 

mean time , t hey had t o g o on , and thi s ias t h e onl y way he ro ul d g o 

way , a nd i t wa s t he r i ght oth er way . On l y t o be 

str ong in order t o live and f~ ght . Like ol d Va n s had s a i d i n h i s 

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and Van As had kno n hi s f a t he r so he mus t be right . 

' I' She half turned her h ead t o him . The n , m ns cious l y , sne stop e 

t he mov erien t unc om:r., leted . It would be no g ood . There was nothing mo 

to tray , n ot h ing mo::-:·e to ask . 1/hy t urn to him? 

•• • • • He woul d not give\.rha t you want , Anna . You told him you ,, ;r 
had a child a nd he sa i d ·Good . Y Th:1. t is al l i t is. Wha t ore d o y ou 

want? 'Na l k beside him. He i s your husband ) You l ove him . Do you? 

Yes , of co urse . "Tell, wa l k beside h i m. He feels hi s 10s se s and t hat 

grave up t here . He fe e ls f or h i s p eople . : h i s trek i s the tr ek of 

our people . He i s a good Boer . His heart is in t h i s tr ek , na . You 

mus t see tha t . Pe haps th ings will come right again l ~t e r, I erhaps 

you will b e toge ther again l a ter . Try to unders t and , i na . But he i 

like Ko os now. _ 11 the wor l d i s tur n ing like Koos . And Koos · ·wan te d 

hi , br othe r ' s wi fe . · 11 t he wor l d i s 1 ike t hat ••• • • 

She s tumbled and put out her hand to h i m. The s tr eng t h of h is 

body stead i ed her . I t was l ike l ean ing aga i ns t a tre e • 

• •• • ~ 11 t he wor l d i s turning like Koo s • .And I , na , wha t 

am I to do ? He t hinks ol t he world of Boers and I t h ink of m wor l d 

:v ith him and I ' m a lone . Wha t are we to do wh ose onl y wish i s t o liv 

in peace Pend wi t h l ov e? re we wrong? This is not t he . a n I married 

et he is t he heart of my life •••• 

With out sadness or joy Anna r 
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s per had changed , woul 

never be t h e same again . · / 

. , •• ~ • . To I I mus t change to o , I m st /dj ust myse l ,f t o h i m. But 

how? Oh ho• d oes on chang to fi t into~ne ' s world ? How? How? •••• 

iear the fire , she left him and wen t t o t heir w~gon . There 

was much to be done and t he sickn es s of her chi ld was ri sing u in 

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" How re you? " 
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..,,ear hit .. i sie i n w,1.v es . The tor t ure of the night before wa 

s t i ll wi th her . i ow i t was :nagnified . 

"I' ·n going for a walk pas t t hose -✓agons • . I want y ou t o c orn 

"Ko . " 

ttThinkJEl s i e . 11 

" To . Leav e m. a l c.n " 
~ 

ou ' ll be warner t his tiue . ~ ike e~nfl of ~k9~~ 

>iiaff i r ~&:iJt. Y 

"Go way , please ." 

" I a'TI .q:o in cs , anrl you Pre coming ." 

"Yes , Elsie • .Je c a.use if t h ink . h m 

would you fee l if your father knew - bo1t ast night. If you d0n ' t 

-:v nt ":le t o tell you ' d better co~rn . " 

11 _ OU i'l OV . n ' t , 11 

een you looking r t hi~ 

to'1i r nt . Pm: rio you t hink he ' d look ~- t ?O if he knew what we 

k now . FerhFp s it would be a be tter i ea n ot to tell ,, cir f a ther . 

e-tter to tl"lJ - r-.. ul 2nd 

to one of hr.it . :ren l ike 

I a i d l as t nigl~t . " 

"You for c ed _1e . II 

see hovr 

' u l a.re 

th~t look of 

. ools ab out 

~orsh i p wold c han6 e 

v · t 
thin,s like y ou an 

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1hin1 he ' d b.:lie:: v e it when yv. did:1 ' t s1:~- 2nyth1 ~ L st 

ni.?,:'·t 1'"flen you tt ot brck~- •• • I ' 1 going nov, . If you dcn ' t cu.1 I ' ll 

my . ~ lsie stocd s·hivering in the i;;ar nicsht air 

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i n her J inn for tl ... OUGht . n l y fear . Gne fea r c1~, sing c..n vL ... er , a 

mult i 1 oi f~grs . 

0he fe~red her f~the r , fe2r~d h i s knowing and the d i s;r~c e 

attenrl_;:-,nt on th~ t . ::'.i:v cr:rone wou l d kno 7 a nd h e1· she.,.._. c w u l d be 

c o.~1plete . 1-;-o one woul 1 b1= li cv e her . _:::> 

C~ feared , t o o , the horr0r t h, t had -bet:n t,~ ... e ni6ht e 0re 

dovn by the r iver . il!O + fear of :t.@r pJ80fl'le , fea l of t h e c errsu.1'."'e" 

~ t}H?s·e ar si,u,-..a 19:@F ,.f Jia s great or tb ,_, n t h - f@aF of tl~o B:e-11 -she 

J;;.-1d en rl,u r e s , Sb i: r ' i.1,1,1.:1. d:o <":,11,ything io l!',voicl thart; .. 

I3u t gr t st of all , end it o:tnil.01f h.e:c s-uddo~ was the 

fear f Pau l k n owing and c hang i ng . 'l' o have hu1 l ook a t her vn t 1 

ha t e i ns t ead of l 0v c , t o hav e h i s eye s turn away in s t ead o s ear c h 

for he r , t ha t vm s t :"..c gr e a tes t fea r of a ll . Lif e would b e cor:e 

e11p t y , desol Bt e , beyond bear i ng • . To , no t t ha. t , n ot t ha t . 

bu t t ha t . 

y t ' ... ing 

~he wa s b ey ond t h ough t , beyond ee l i ng . d ead num n e s s 

pe r v a de d he r b eing . Dar k nes s v a s a l l a round . The only r a y of light 

wa pe r memor y of t he way Paul Van As l ooked at her. Tha t mu s t 

nev er change . She woul d d o a nyt h ing in t h e world to k eep t h a t l ~ok 

in h i s eves . 

Slowl y , hea vily , h e t urn ed a nd wa l k e d i n t he d ire c t i 0n \..Dos 

h a d t a ken . _ nyth i ng t _.ee ) t ha t io ok i n ..,..,aul ' s ey es . Any t in • 

t o wa l k on t h e s l op i ng l a nd of t h e moun t a i ns i de . h ow desolat e 

a p l a c e the world wa s . ohe wal ked on , wear ily , r e sig ne d l y . Pa ul 

mus t not know . Paul mu s t n ot k now. ny t h ing t o ke ep t h a t l oqk in 

Faul ' s eyes . }; ow she vms near t he w· gon s . He was beyond t h em. Any ­

t h ing to k e ep Paul fr om knovdng . Anyth ing . How f a r t he man and t h e 

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k now. Tha t l ook mus t stay in his eyes . 

She d i d n ' t h ear t he v oi c e c a lling her , d i dn ' t hear the angry 

fo ot f a ll s r u s h i ng u p t o he~. She hear d n ot hing till Taul c aught 

with he r and j erked he r round . 

"El s i e !" 

She s t a r ed s tupidl, a t h i m. 

"Heh ?" 

"Are y ou g oing to Ko os .Jansen ? He ' s down t here . " 

" Ye s . " Tht: numbn e s s wa s still ove r he r • • 

" I see . " 

She fe lt , .o ce t han saw , t he hur t , d d saprointmen t and 
.) 

d i sgus t i n hi s f a ce . The numbn e s s we nt f r om her b r c in . Pau l ha t ed 

h er . He woul nev e r look a t her aea in with t ha t s pe ci a l lo ok in 

his eye s . Th ey\~ ou l d turn awa f rom her . aul k n e·w . She r eali ;11 ed 

he was wa l ki ng a way f r om h r . ', a l ki n g away fo r ev er . Oh }au l . h Pa 

" Oh Faul •. " 

Ee heard he r cry and c a~ne b a c k . 

"Wha t ' s t h e ma tt er?" 

" Oh Faul t" Te a rs streamed down he r f a ce a nd , i np os s ible 
,) 

t o qu en ch , s oake d t h e fr ont of her dr, ss . 

"Wh a t i s it?" 

If on l . • h e he would touc h he r . 

on e b efore . a ch more v i olent . 

He wa ite d t i l l h e r sobb ine di ed down . 

" Vlh a t is it? " There was h e a viness in hi s voice . 

"La st night , Fa ul •••• ••.• La s t nigh t ." ... 
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"I fought him and h e hit me . Twice . I los t my senses . " 

"Yes?" 

" 'Nb.e n I could t h ink again he ••••• he •••• he . " 

"He wha t?" 

" Oh au l , pleas e ••• " 

"He wha t ? " 

"He was on me . " 

"And yolJ. ' re go ing back for more ?" 

" l ease ••• " 

"":7ha t else? " 

"He said you would t hink like t ha t . " 

II h . " 

" Thats why I was go ing . " 

" So t ha t I sh ould t h ink like t ha t?" 

"He s a id he ' d tell you if I didn ' t go . He · s aid you ' d 

ha te me . He ' s right . You do . " 

" 7/hci,t did he s ay l as t night to make you go ?" 

"I wa s sitting by the rive r . " 

"Hoping he woul d co me?" / 
11 _ 0 ••• Yes •.. I don ' t kn ovv . I was lonely . I didn ' t understand - I 

then . I t h ought it was beau tifu l , t re way he l ooked a t me . Like i n 

a story . Oh I'aul ; I was so~ umb . " / 

" 'Hhy didn ' t you tell . ~\ t ni h t?" 

" He sa,i d they wouldn ' t 13 li v e me . He said he would say I wa 

l ying , t ha t I wen t fre e ly and l ed h i m on . He said t hey woul d make 

.e mar ry him . ~ said you would ha te me and nev er lo ok a t me . I wa 

afra i d , Paul, I was afr a id . I didn ' t wan t you t o stop l ooking a t m 

" Tonigh t he said he ' d tell me i f you didn ' t go?" 

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"Paul . 11 

"7!a i t h ere . 11 

'. ) 1 ' . h.) 
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He swung round and walked down in t he direction of the - ass 

He :pe s s ed t he wagons and gr ave . He knew Jansen was stronger t han 

he wa s. He thought of it calmly. He wouldn' t have a chance agains 

Jansen . He wa s too big, too strong . Jan sen wou l d b r eak his ne ck . 

Jansen knew t hat , was sure of that. There was only one way . I 

,Tans en ' s c ert a i ntv made him careless t he r e v, ould be a chanc e . 

Otherwi se he , Faul, would have to t ake an awful b e:a ting . Jansen 

wasn ' t the kind to be careless , but t he re mi ght be tha t one chan c 

He was near t he ass now . He l ooked left , then righ t . Be 

called : 

"Janse n ! Jansen ! 11 

"Her e ! 11 
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Koos leaned against a hgg e bou l der on t he ri ght . aul went 

s lowl y to hL . 

"Els i e sa i d 

" h . Diri n ' t 

you ~ -d s oine th ing 

she / t ell you? " 

t o t el l me . " 

l1 TO • wanted to tell me . " 

00S 

"1-t?s n othi ng rea lly . Just a :j ~ke be t ween us . I told her v o 

didn ' t 1 ike me , vou woul dn ' t co , e a nvv1here hear me . She said 

you ' d do a nythi ng she asked y ou . Sees she 

~e took a bet and I ' v e l os t . 

Paul chose h i s wor ds careful ly . 

"1~y God , bu t ;1 ou ' r e foul, Jans en . nd a c oward a s we ll. 

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" Shu t up . " 

"..Tow I unde r stand why you ge t on so well v.ri t h animals . They 

know you as one of t hemselves . How many other women hav e you ra ed? 

Hav e you r aped your s i ster- in ~law
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too?" 

" Shu t up if .vou don ' t want to ge t hurtl" 

" Those a r e t he t wo things you know, aren ' t t h ey ? ap ing and 

.hur ting . Smacking down women and killing men . Do you kn ow any t h ing 

filt h i er than yourse lf , .Jansen? Be c ause I don ' t . " 

Sudd enly T oos l a ughed . 

" ork it off i f you mus t, panbroelf , but you ' re a foo l. You 

know t h e old s ay ing . ' dog ne v er runs af t er an unwilling b it ch .' 

My advic e i s to forget her . The r e a re many oth er f i sh in t he sea . 

There a re t hose Scheepe rs g i rls . 1he roun one ' s qu ite good- lookin 
• 

'/, us t say I d i dn ' t think Elsie wou l d h a ve tr:.e guts to tell y ou . " 

Fau l s t e pped forward and bunched his rig h t hand . Koos 

stra i gh tened . / 
, 

"I shouldn ' t do a ny t h ing u nles s y ou wan t t o t h ur t , Van r1.s . 

Paul struck . Koos c aught t h e b l ow in mi d
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a · on his l eft a r m 

and struck out with his r i ght . The blow l a nded lush on aul ' s 

mou th a nd sent h i m f l a t on his 

•• ttI wa rned you , papbr oe k . 

Koos pau sed for a whil e , t he 

Pau l . In a lightning move Paul ' s ri 
( 

s~1are lv between Koos ' thighs , 

Pa u l 

force . Koos s i ghed and sank on h i s knees , 

a nd bent over 

u p a nd l a nded 

s with torturin 
• 

with both h a nds . Pa.-:1 jumped up and butted him i n the fa c e wi th h i 

r i g ht knee . ~eebl y Koos t ried t o fi ght h im off . au l c a ught h is 

right a r m and twisted i t behind his b a c k , upward , in the di r e c tion 

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Pa ul kept up t h e p ressur - t ill t h ere was a du l l crack de~ a.ng h 

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=~---sho~ . Re 1 et go a nd 

stepp ed b a ck . Koos fell forward , rolled over , a nd lay on his sid 

"I ' ll k i ll you for this , " oos wh i s ered fee b l y . 

The anger tha t h a d driven him on , sudde nly le_ft I au1 . He 

fel t we a ried , d p ressed~ tired . He didn ' t want to st a y n ear t h is 

man any l onger . He h a ted t h is man , a nd it was the on l y man in the 

wor l d whom he re lly h a ted . He went b a ck t where h e h a d left 

Elsie . h i s mouth felt t h i c k a nd t a sted strong l y of blood . h e spat 

twice . 

"J'aul . " 

Sh e was sitting on a fl a t stone nea r where h e h ad left her . 

He went over a nd sat b e side her . 

" Ee d idn ' t hurt you ? " 

He fe l t terrib l y de pressed . 

"}To . " He didn ' t me a n to s ay it bu t tt c ame out in a wav e of 

jealousy: " How co u l d you , lsie . And with him . 11 

Sh e took h is h a nd a nd r a m edit to t he s i de of h er f ce . his 

f i ngers r an over t he t h ick welts . 

"But I wa rn ed you . " The jealou sy 

sl ep t with h e r a nd he had n ot . 

" I was a fo ol , I'a u ~ Such 

h o v I h a te mys elf ! " 

/ 
/ 

o stronge r : Tha t man had 

• I didn ' t under s t and . Oh 

"He g ot i.1h a t I di·dn ' t g et from you • • • • I h at e him for tha t . " 

"I ' r1 s orry , Iaul . " 

11 ou di rl. n ' t 1 i ke it , a fte r ward . Yh e 1 it ha.:1,p ene d I _ ean . 11 

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" I vas si c k with h a t Pau l . " 
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A fl a sh of tend e nes s a nd und e rst and ing , st ran g e a n d new , 

s h ot t h r u gh ~ l sie . Th ere wa s only on e way of c omforti ng hi~ , 

onlv one '!Vay of r:1-ik ing it e as i e r, · ore b earabl e f or h i i::i . She 

will ed her s e l f n ot to s h rink f r om it . 

" He dict.n ' t ,u.r,..~..,......,.,,.,.. , re u l. " 
) 

11 :Sv. t you s a. i • • • • " 

" Yes . Ye s • ••. :Ju t li s t e'1 a nrl I ' l l t r~r to exp la in . Unl ess 

a person ae t s int o you r hear t a nd 1nl ess you giv e yGur s e l f 

wi l lin~l ~ , t hey d on ' t r eh lly t ou c h y ou , ILul . 1hey hurt rou , t hey 

o a l ] s or t s of t hings , b n t t bey d on ' t r e2 l ly t uuch you . ' l eas e 

beli ev e t h2t . I kn on i J s t rue . I was a f o ol be c i u se I didn ' t knoY! 

t1'i, i s ef or , I,0.u l . I i1n ' t kno - hov, r.1u c r you were in 11y heart ; 

I v-Rntcct. things t h~-i t v1cre n ew ,c-nd you were ,,lvrnys 2.ro1md . I lmvw 

s0~~t~inc nov , _,u l . I .now you w~n t ~e . I knov y ou won ' t fe e l be t 
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t i ll yoi ' v e wi p e d out l a st n ight by h ' ving me . Come , m.y d e a r ." 

Sh e g ot up a nd t ook h i s h a nd . Toge t he r they cl i .c:1b e d u , t h e 

~ oun t inside ti l l t h e y f ou nd~ erassy ~lace . 3 l s i e l ay n he r 

ba c k and l o ck ed u p at t he stQrs . ,nth her 1i nd she r6 l ~xed ~er 0d 

~he instinct t O j ,£ rl. d , t C• 

i t down ti ll ~he was relcx ed . he 0pened·the f_ · nt 01 

hef dress ~nd roised his 
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to ~ i.rrm y oung 

brc-2s t s . :r l e .ne ·.gfdnf.'t her 2.n d r oll ~.d ov er . 3he 'elt 

trer.1or s sho at ing t hrc,ur h hj_ s b adv . The r e was c <,, l□ a c c ep t a nc e i n ' 

er ~1ind . '~h i s was the Vlc.y i t shou l d be a l re ys . 

he r -112 n . A stY'~cnlZc d e v otional Jl a c i d ity ab ou t her . ,fa iting to b ~ 

t 2ken . 'his vms t h e 1my . F ow necHlv s he h2.d l ost U~e vray . 

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:O,ut she wcl 

u her . She was sti l l raw down there . 

an a l l , and h.r bra~e t hi~hs r ose t 
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h . • T thighs ke? a s t eady r:¼,:t'rh.11 in re s1, orrse t;:i :,_ 
shew-a- t ~ l it , or i~n " t wan t , bu t jus;.,/ e c ause it 

,; y /,' 

I t ms part of the rythm. of l ife , t h· beg i nn ing of t anv 

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Sl owl y , the ra in an d th hurt went from her , nd infiri t 

pl~asure to ok i ts plac e . nd , toget h er , they flowed awa y on the 

moun ting wa v es of p leasure tha t s oared 1igher and h'ghe r each 

se cond , ti l l t hey were on the r i nnacl e of c re a t ion , till a cloud­

burs t o feel ing ~erged t h m wi t h t h. noth ingness t ha t i s t h e 

beginning of a ll life . Th7 oi s e d t he r e for a se c ond of i nfinit y . 

Then , in r e c ed ing a ves , t hev f l owe d bac k t o t he r ea lity of t he g r 

and t he moun t a i n and t he wag on~and the rea li ty of t h ni~Lt . 

The,v l ay s i de by s id e and looked up a t t he l~ilky Way and 

t he Sou t hern ros s . 
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P u l tur n ed h i s head t o Elsi e . 

" You d idn ' t ....... " 

" How c OJ. l d I with a ny b ody e ls e . " 

" I ' m so r r y • " 

Sh e l ay a n d c al c u l a t ed 

was due . It must c ome . It h ad to 

• 

efore h e r n ex t period 

h en , a ft e r t hat , it 

woul dn 't matt er . Only , this time it h a d t o come . Pe r h ap s a ul would 

marrv h er . She h oped he wou ld . Pe r h aps he wouldn ' t . She wou l d do 

whateve r he wan ted . Afte r l a st night she cou l d only a cc e p t wh a t e v e r 

he decide d . 

"Better g o bac k . " 

She deci ded hi s voice sounded more ch eerful . Strange how awa 

of h i m she had suddenly be e 0 1:1e 
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He g ot up and pulled h .r up~ The~ d. ow 1 . 

Elsie ' s Mother was t he f i rs t to ~ee t ~hem . 

" I ·was ge ttinc wc.,rr i ,d , and sc was y ou oth ,r, hwl. Koos 

Jansen cRme st e;e; ring back a littl e w il e co ; h i s · a c e is a ll 

swolle~ a~rl. h is r i gh t ar~ is use les s . " 

11 '7ha t did he s ay ?" ~aul askerl . 

"F e f ell ver a rock anrl. r olled d vn t he --nount a i ns i de . i.e 

lo ok a pro er YTJ.es s." 

Sudien l Lena Be zu ide~hout no t ic ed t ha t aul a nd ~si e rere 
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holdinc hands . Taul s aw hPr lo ok . He fel t awkward . 

"I we·1t for a walk with El sie . I ;an te i to ask her some t hin 

before spea king t o y ou .nd Oor:1 Ja fta . " 

11 Oh . II 

"I ho::9e ou d n ' t YTJ.i·'1 d . " 

"I do nind . " Lena ' s v oice 

coulr!. walk with you . nd neither 

now , you ' ll ca tch Ja fta 2.lonc in 

oth r s by t he fire . " 

. s Iaul h urri ed 

l ul l eaned aga ins t t e 
• 

Bezuidenhout check"- ' hj_s suppli es . 
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11 om Jaf ta. ••• 11 

didn' t a sk us ii sne 

ou , young ~an •• •• Go a long 

wag on . hurry or he ' 11 j 01 n t he 

deught er e~braced each other • 

of t he wag on . In it , Jafta 

"Yes laul'?" Eez u i denhou t l o ked U }J . 
~ 

he word s tumb l ed out hur ri ed ly. 

"I want to a k y our pe r mission to sit u p wit 1 El sie , and , 

:pe r haps , when we ge t to the mai n body by t he Ora nge we coul d be 

~arrien . I hav en ' t mu ch but I ' m strong ~nd ca 1 work a nd ha lf my 

fat he r ' s cattl e are mine wDen I marry . " 

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w;,/h;; t dces :2l sie s c:,y ?" 

11 I t hink she ' s vli l l ing- . " 

".Asked her? " 

" F • II 

"Ah- a}i •• • well , e ' ll ) see •• • • 1/ • • :.-:::1 s1e • Lena1• 11 

• h ~y hurriP1 a long . 

" Ye s ·~ ~t Ler?" 

" his y tm{:, r:ian wr!l ts you • • • • I 0~1 • t li:ke t h is • •.• 3ure y uu 

didn ' t ask h e::. , 
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r a u l r" 

Lena t o k p ity on the y oung nan . 

Husbr nd 2.n1 vif s:ry_ il ed a t eac'. othc-r . 

" 'Jell :::I;lsie , wnflt do y ou scy1. " 

~ l s i e l o1e r e h~r he&d , t hen r a i sed i t quickl y and looke d a t 

-aul . She he sitrte t h~n s t ~p~ed forward q uickly till she st o0d 

e.sid"' him and took his h·,_nd . 

"I wan t h i '1 too , -fa t h,....r ." 

"I c,,n ' t like t h i s . " I 
"Ja ta . 11 here wus r e_r,r of i Lena ' s Vvice . 

"I di1n ' t h2 ve such an easy tL~ with your f .-1. t l1.e r . The old 

devi l p l ayed with me for days . " 

1hey _laup-:b.e • 

Bezu idenh 1; t pu t his right h a nd on Taul ' shoulder a nd 

h i s l ef t on h i s daughter ' s . He smile~ at the pair of tnec . Behi d 

him , hi s wife be ame d . 

11 You 11a v e our blessine; , h i ldrcn . i.:ay we come- to a p l a c e f 

rest , 2n l"J.ay your days be goori a nd h ap ;y . She vr i ll na ke you a go od 

wif e , Iaul. Anrl. a g o ri mothe r . · m I ri ..,h t , Lena?" 

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" Ye s; J a ft a . She ' s a g o od ci -r l , and aul ' s a good .nan . '1hey ' 

be h2.ppy . 11 , · 

" ~- ow there ' s y o r family , aul. Do t he knmv? " 

"No . " 

" {ar tinu s l a r a ! Ev er rb ody ~" 

They waL~ d t o the comm.u"1a l f i re . .. a r ti nu s and h i s wi e 

Sa r a c a1e u p , and a ll the oth rs c rowded beh ind the~ . 

" Thes e t wo , " Bezui11.enhou t a d d r essed h i mse lf t o 1.:artinus and 

Sara Van s . " These t wo hav e be en 11aking e. es behin our backs . · .,. 
I-,a.ve you a ny obJ e c t ion s agains-1;- hav ing my dau ght e r as your daught e ., 
~artinus . Fa u l has a sked t o sit up wi t h h er and I ' v e Sbld yes . 

I c an f i nd nothing c-,ga1_ns t t he younG man . Wha t about you ?" 

.:.:ar t inus s t roked h i s b ear d grav e l y . Ev er~rbody was s il ent . 

11 If I h a v c:1ny object ions , " ~art i nus s aid heavily , " they wou l , 

e aga ins t my son . Bu t sinc e I brou ght him u p and t aught him e v ery· 

thing ~yse l f , ev en h i s g ood eyes for a p r e t ty l as s, I can think of 

no r eas on why I shoul d i nsul t myse l f . You h a v e my bless i ng , 

c h ildren . '.:f..ay your li f e t oge t her be as happy as mi ne and my ol d 

' h b :Sl b . II rn'TI.an s as een . ess you otn . 

He l a id h i .· hands on both 

cO~fle t ed . Kow t hey could ' si t 

nvw the cou l d go o 

and t a l k 

They 

shou l ders and t ne r i t ual wa s 

t oge t her and ho l d hands , 

t oge t he r , n ow t hey cou l d a~~roa c 

pe rson having t o b e ~resen t . 

Pe op l e cr owded roun d t o s hake t h ir han ds and wish t hem well . 

Ol i women gav e El s i e a dvic e . Ol d ~e n s mac~ed au l ' s b a ck . 

11 1·y f ri e nd s J 11 Van ' S c al led , a n d he ld u p hi s hand for s il e nce 

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a night for rejoicing . I aCT sur e t he Good Lord wil l unders t a nd 

a lthough only t his morning some of us were buried over there . ::i..,e 

us have mus ic an1 l ~t us dance a nd be h a ppy for these t wo child-

r en . I ' ve t:;:ot sor.i.e p each v1ine in the front of' my v✓agon . 11 

" I h a v e a b a rrel of' win e too , 11 Bezuidenhout called . 11 he l p 
:.,J-

me get ~ 1. " 

The win e iV" a S broue;h t : The fire wa s built u p . The music 

struc k u p . Old a n d youn g d a nced by t he fire light , a nd dra nk 

wi ne a~d were h a p~y . 

raul and Elsie s a t together , ho l ding h a nds , look :rng on . E'v 

now a n~ then s omebody c ar.i.e up t o exchang e • few words with t hem. 

But for the main par t ,~ p eopl e were just enjoying themselves 
___,,,,...------

an 1 the ir musi c a nd v o ices and l a ug h t er r os u to t he night sk i 

Kero s , h i s a.rm i n a sling , t h e side of hi s f a ce swollen , c a 

u p to them. 

" Didn ' t know y ou ' d fi ght dirty , a broek . " 

"Sou shou l d h 2v e bee n k illed ) Jansen . 11 

"C .n ' t und rstand you , a: broek . You ' re funny . " 

11 .1. le a s e g o away ■ " 

" F org et wha t I s a id about k i l l i ng you . " 

" Go awa " 

I~o os t u rned a n r.l iV"a l k e,,d a w y . 

11 1 h a t hir.1 , " ~l sie s a id . 

11 J, nny but I don ' t," :F a u l s a id g r a vely . 

Through t h e din a nd the excitemeDt of t he c e lebra tion , .Anna 

recalled the now f a r - off d a y s of h er own betrothal . She danced 

first with "a,rtinus Va n As , then :with Jafta Bez uid cnhout , and 

al l t h e whi l e the past flowed through her mi nd . How ~ifferen t it 

had been then . How more settled , ~ore stable, life had see, ed . 

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How g lor ious i t h a d al l been ! On l y , i t ha d be e n Yvin t er , nu t s u ;n.:1er 

anr t h e p~rty h a d be en 1.el d i n t he ir f amily barn , not i n t h e o e n , 

under t h e s t a r s , on tr e k into t h e unknown wi l dern e ss . Far,ers 

and t heir f amilies had rid1 en i n f rom a l l t h e surr ounding c oun try ­

week of p r epa r a tion h ad p reced ed t he party . It wa s no 

sudde n t h ing like t his . :Ou t 1,erh ap s life would be b~ tt e r for lo,u l 

a n d h is El sie . She like d h i m, an d he l f ke d h e r . They were bo th 

nic e y oung - eopl e • 

.Aga i n she wa s y ou ng uma ···ctc l{e lke , daugh t e r of ol d 1 i e ter , 

and i t rns t he n i r}1t of her be tr ot hal and t he young .r.mn , .1'..asye:tr: ,-. .­

Jansen was sit ting bes i de her whil e v rywhere _pe op l e danced and 

t a l ked a n r'l. dr,rnk . Her eyes fi ll ed dudd e n l y. has.l,ler wa.; on t he ut he 

side of t he f i re . He and Kar e l c;a s t · s at a littl e away fro t he 

oth rs . They eac h har'l a mug of wine , bu t fr om t hat t hey took 

n o ~2 rt in the c e l ebrrtio~s . 

Anrni brushed the t ears 

youn .c: couple . 

)he took ~ l sie ' s ha n s . 

" I WcYJt you t o be GO hu.ppy •• 

h on ,~r • •••• " her voi c e f·-· 1 t enHL 

~urried ov er t o t he 

.'I.go. in heJ_· eyes fill ed • • • 11 ~3 0 

r.: l sie r ut her "'rr.is rcnnd e old ' r wo mn 2-nd h ld Le r c l ose . 
·' '.:·. <-- j 

.,. ... ~: 

~he .Prtv wen t on f c-:.r into t he nl[ttt. It encec/\vhc:;n a l l t r .Le 

fine r1d b ,en dr n k r,n1 e v e ry o1y wt s too tire1 tu 3ta~r awa,kc; a 

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'=lS t c. y h"d trav e l }- ed on o t her• -:ivs. ·,iil1:.:n nigl t C L 1e t :.c r rc a teJ • 

. /hc:1 . urn ing c2.1h &.1-1n , c,1 cc :tinued t: ~11 

It v,r ;:i,s J,_, t~ a ft ernoon en the StcCt;ni. day t~~ ... t 

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rising ol u:r of l i=rnd an.-1 lo Gkt.:d -J.own 'int o c. vsllcy • . • n .. b,lur 

th.,:1 , rutrnin[; tlirc,11:.,h the v c..- 1::.. ey , flowed: trc Grr ngc J ivcr . .rd on 

the r1-...ar b;:..nks uf t'.1.1.., river , 'bri[:,ht in the L.te ,.:ttt...n on sun , trie 

looked down on a town of t en t ed WE£Ons . 

wr 0 cm.~ roll r 0\711 into th v c ll ey to "Lecv,1e 1 ':rt 1· th~ hu;d.re.ds 

c' Vi.",[~ons do\m tliere th.:--t 1nd, u~ the ,.::rty o~ 0011cc:1dar.t : ... end rik 

Jot~i~ter , lea er f the reat t rek tu the p orth . 

The de:rs of loneliness and fear were not over • .)ut now tl ey 

had ch. nged . row th~y would be different . The cry was sti ll: To t h 

:1orth . Bu t now there was l aw awl. organi ,,., ation behind it . 

_he c anvas to ,s r· tl1e vm6 e,ns g li stened in the 

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(__ Anna vrn.l ·ed along the bank of the river . 
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Low, l ean ing 

willcws t ra il e _- t heir green tips in the ye llowish wat e r . The rive 

h 
was h i .;h , swollen wi t h t he si,1;-,i:ne r rains; bu\ or the way down , f c.,r 

t he r ains had pass ed . 

Underfoot , there was a f irmness t the s oft earth . he 

s pr outing grad s . b l ades were st iff , full an d t au t with nou ris~nent 

Indeed , the t ouch of su~~er p l ent y was ev r ywhere . The littl e ye l 

a n d g ld wild flowe rs were more ere c t a nd scentedly p roud t mn 

she hacl. v er seen t he"!l . And ev eryvJ"he re , int oxi c a t ingly strong , 

was t he sc n t of honey that rose f rom each littl e f l0we r . 

3he p icke a handful of f lowe rs a nd r a i sed t hem to her fac e 

:But t he overall richness of t he hon y - kissed ai r r-ob~.e d t hem of 

their specia l frag r ne e . ohe wal k~~ on till she came t b a stone on 
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which a b i g , ye llow-b e lli ed r og croaked hi s l as t farewell to the 

l a te afternoun . Br iefly , he turne d i mpuden t eyes on her , the n 

c a rri eri. on , his 

nis cord . 

Sund own , 

river . It was g ood . ~h 

c r oake r , and li stened an 

in a worl d of make - b e l i"ev e . 

g dange r ously wi t h his emo t ional 

a croak i ng frog , willow tr ees and a 

by the bank of t he river , ~ear the 

and sCTell ed . She was a little g i r l 

Thi s was t he first chnn ce she ' d h a d to b e alone • since t hey ' 

joined t n e ma i n party . The city of t ent ed wagons was u there , 

behind he r . All she h ad to do was turn her head to se it . But 

she d i 1 n ' t want to . He re she was a l one , a v7ay from t he order and 

routine of t h;:i. t city . way from the nna Ka.nsen wh o had , in the 

l as t four d ays , bee ome a p a rt of t h a t c i t y , one of t h e main t each 

ers at t he ~chool t hat was h~ l d i n t he open . 

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Strange how t he ir jo-urney had grown and changed . H'irst , a 

long , long ti~e ago , they had l eft their v a lley . Then t he re had 

been only t he four of t hem , Ka.sper , Koos , tef an and herse l f . Ti l l 

t ha t Christ~as day she ha d held on to things . They were s till he r 

f amil: , s h e could stil l cont ro l some :part of tha t f a mi l y life . 

Kaspe r h ad fought, resented , been bi t ter , but it had a l l been ~ar 

of the family , part of her life . Then tha t Christ:.1as day . On t ha t 

dav , s oMe t h i ng she be li ev ed had lo s t it s cor e , t he hear t h a d gone 

out of it . Bu t fuey h a d still lived and fought and struggled as a 

faraily . 

Then? Then , they h a d joined t he Van s 1,,ar t y . She had been 

happy the n . hey we .L e ·v i t h people . Kasper wou l d relax and wan t her 

an Sfeak to her aga in . But ev en if he didn ' t s peak , his silenc e 

woul d be as it h a d b e e~ i n t he ir v a lley . She had been ha -~Y be c aus 

she h8d felt sure t he sense of f a ~ily wou l d come bac k as the were 

wi t h o t hers , and , tnefef0re , safer . She had en sure he wuu l d w~n 

her . She ha~ been sure he wo it ~ Bu t he h a d done 

so in their v al l ey and 

But she h ? d bee7. wrong . Why ? How: does one kn ow why y ou a.re 

wrong when you only feel it with you . heart? How c an y ou t ransfe r 

the fee l ing of your heart to your/ ain 

mi nd . 0 he ' d been wrong . 'ilhen hey/d-·me t 

l as t sense of fami l y control. wi t h 

and i'.!l.ake t hem ;nee t? !ever 

the ot he rs she ' d lost t he 

St efan . 

"I don ' t really ha t e the others , " she s ,:dd aloud . 

The b i g frog cr oaked , and t he sun tu rned orange as it 

neared t he far hor izon t o t he west . 

Now t hey ~ere in the heart of t h e trek . hey had star t ed of 

as a fa r:.1. il r, then they had bee ome a small group , no'N they were a 
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ec n the iittl e group nd t ha t man , Kare l El st . ~ ow i t i s the 

bigge r group , t he w ole city of ten t e d wagons . Kas er , with 
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ld . 

an As , was new a member of the elders who he l d counsel with the 

v 0!"1:J.Rn.an t . S ome til"les he rode out ·Tith others to scout t he l a nd a r 

t _other times he wen t on hunting pqr ties and t hey c ~~e back with 

wild 11eat for t h1:; n h ole trek . They brought b a ck mor e meat tha n 

they nee1ed for t he l a nd was ridh in roa~ing herds . How ~any of 

t ~ eir n ~mes did she know? Let ' s see , t he re ' s t he s pr ingbok a nd t he 

e l a nd , t he wildebees t a nd h a rt ebe t , t h e zebra and the blesbok , 
v . 

t he roan ann. t he sable and • •• t he sesseby •• • a nd • •. ~ •• t he kood u 

and •• •• • •• a nd •. •• a nd many others whicn she c o l dn ' t think of 

novt •• ..•• Anyway , the l a nd was. rich nd t he hun ting 1,arties on 

which Kasper wen t br~ught b a c k all t he mea t . Their own wagon was 

full of strips of dri e1 ~ea t for the next stag e of t h e jour ney •• •• 

Bu t \Jhe n ev er h c a e b c:\, ck to sleep it vras like a str-un5 er . 

Such a long time since he ' d wanted he r . Oh . such a lon ti in 

Cther people on the tr .k mu s t slee with eac h othe r . They do . On l 

Kas p e r . 

ud , she said : "I ' :n not sorr~, for mys elf . I on l y wa nt my 

f amily . 11 She 1 0oked around as thoucsh ex 

She n otic ed t he s il en ce . The croa 

ago ? A slight breeze was in t he a ir . 

ezng some answer . 

· ng frog liad gone . h ow l or 

of t he fl wers were 

c lo ·, ing . The . i gh t noises of t e c . c ke t s were a.+ready sta rting . 

She felt afraid su den l y , with a deep , s t r a nge , new pan ic . 

" I ' cr not l os ing m. - head , " she whispered . "I ' .. not 1~ad . I 

only want my f amily . " 

She l ean ed forward a nd saw the dark reflection of a willow 

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valley , she t h ought . She bent fu r the~ forwa r d a nd l ooked in t o t he 

wa t er . ~ ut i t wa s awkwa rd i n t ha t p os ition . I t s t r a i n e d the bu l g e 

of h er s tomac h . She mov e d her f eP t b a ck so t ha t she was l y ing 
.. • 

st ra i eht , on h er side , with t he b 1l ge ju s t t u c n ing t he eartt . 

Her hands dug into t he sharp g r a ss and fe l t t he b l ades pr ick l e 

a s she hun t· on . 

: ain she b n t hei had ov er t he da r k wa t er . It was eas i e r 

tlns t i:ne . ::Oown t here , be l ow her , i n t he wa t e r , t i,e ou tlines 01· a 

f ,c e c 2. "le an 4. wen t , swa~T i nc craz il on way t.r~en t he next , ge t t ir 

squashed and shor t t hen abncr~ally l ong; eddying , bi l lowin , 

s ·,if tine; . t he fece of a wor1an . Sud?-en l y , t r~e water se t t l ed and 

was calm 2·1rl_ she saw cl.ear l y . Two l a !!ge eyes st a r e d a t her from ., 

a shar r , n a r row f a c e . I t was t h e f a c e of a stranRer. He r fa c e , 

t he f ac e of n a Jans e n , wa s r ound a nd full . She 1 oved on e h a nd 

to h e r che e k and l o oked a t t he w::; t er . The fa c e d i d t he sane . Bu,,t 

it was the fa c e of a str~ nger . How coul d it do t he sa.!le . ,... 1e 

J.ooked close l ~r tG se. the h2ir . J3ut it was on l y a dark r'lass doun 

there . ~he bent l ower . Stil l it wa sn , t c lear . SometlLing c au 6 h t h 

eyes . hurried l y she pushed b~ck the s l eev es of her r i ght arn u~d 

he l d i t ov er the wa t ~r . Yes . Yes . lhf arm of 1U1.na Jansen had 

been r oun1 and firm and s oft and strong . lot of fl esh t it . 

his worri?.n , s arm was like a st ick . Ju s t l i ke a s ti ck . 

"But it i s yar n ! I t is r.J.Y f a c e ! " 

She mov ed bac k fr om t ~e wa ter and s at up . Wondc rinr l v , 

a~az e l v , she lo oked at her arm . ~ it he r 1e · t hand s he tou c hed 

i t , f e~ line for f l e s h . The r e w 

on t h s i de n ear her body , b ut 

~ littl e ju s t b e low t he c l b o v , 

a/t wa s a l l . Ev e ryvihe re e ls e i t 

v✓as only s k in and, bone . Rough dry skin and hard bone . And my 

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~ omen ' s t h i ghs are a l ways sof t . l ways . ui ck l y , she pus hed t he 

dress higher a nd touched t he dry , thin t h ighs . She pushed he r 

right hand into -t he top of he r d r ess . 

" I hav e no breas t s , " she whis ered . Her ha nd had only 

felt a li tt l e lump . 

,She Jut her ha nd s u p to her face a n1 fe lt t he h ollows a nd 

the bulg ing bones . She f e lt her ne ck • 

• ~., I _am drv . Lik e a p iece of mea t t h a t ' s bee n cut u a nd 

dried for t h e tr ek . Ev ery t h ing is for t he trek . Bil_t..Qllg Anna . 

I was s oft onc e , sof t a nd round a s a w~nan . Th i ghs o aw_ a n . 

Br eas t s of a woman ~ rrns of a wom2.n . Now? J3 ilt..9ng Anna . Will 

Koos still wan t t sleep wi t h his brother ' s wife . Do ~en sle ep 

with )3 iJ_t_Ql1,_? Does :Kasper s le ep with anybody e l se ? No . It 

woul b e be tt er i f he d i d . e wou l dn ' t kill me inside , t n en . 
, 

'Vond er ab out my ha ir . I can feel its not sot any r2ore . ;/nci. t doe 

it look like? ••• • 

She rolled over a nri lean'ed toward the Wb t er agcd n • 
... 

"Hello .. ., iltong nna . " She tri ed to sr.'.l ile,.. If only she 

c oul d sec her ha i and t he hollows of her f a c e more cl ear l y . 

hen , she would kn 0w t he st rc .... nge woman wa ll ed Bilton "" nrr~ .• 

he t ense1 suddenly . The r e was SQneb ody t here . he f e lt it, 

f or:1ebody was l ook i ng a t her . And. her dres , was a p a l ,_ ost to her 

wais t . Sh e turn ed. and pushed a t her dress . 

vr th t h. las t r a:rs of t he s un be, in ~ i m. 

man s tood t he re 

The l igh t h i d his 

f a ce . But he wasn ' t a },._affir . 

hav e been_ a \ aff' ir , she t hough t.y 

"' !ho ' s t h ere? " 

c lothes on . le:hap s it s h ou 

11 1.re, 1 a.u l Van As , an t nna . 11 

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\ 

..., . 

" I came fo r a wal k . " c orner 01:' her mind word ered wh;--~ t 

he t hough t of her l vr i ng t he r e with he r d r esr pull er'!. up t o he r 

wa i s t . An , t h i nk i ng of it , she saw h i m as a man . 

" I t oo " he said . 

" Come 2.nd s it wi t h me . " The -word s we r e ou t bef0re she h ad 

t l1 01 ght of t he"l . Vvhat woul d he t h i nk~.'.? 

He _ came s l owl y , unc erta i nl y , a s t h ough 't est i ng each st ep 

befor e he took i t . 0 he r e.1embe re d t h e music he had p l ayed . She 

r emembe red t he n i ght he a nd Tr'l s i e be ca:ne engaged . SHe r ine1-:1bered 

~any t h i ngs with out se e i ng t he~ . They were jus t s had 0ws a t t he 

back of h.r mi nd . Then he wa~ bes ide her , st c:3. ndi ng t he r e , l oll!king 

d own . 3he fe l t s hy , s ud~ n l y , and l owe r ed he r h !ad . It was t he 

k i ndne ss i n h i r eyes t ha t ha rl. d one it . 

" Si t d own . 11 

He s a t bes i de he r and t ur ned hi s eyes to t he w~ t e r . he 

l ooked so youag , and she fel t s0 ol d . Yet he was over t wen t y 

a~ she woul rl. n ot b . t h i r t y t ill Oct obe r . 

11 I t i s qui et he r e , " she s 2.i d , br t::uking tne l ong riomen t of 

awkwar d s il enc e . 

" I t 1s ," he said . / 
·ng • . Ve wondered 

He:::- f2 c e di1n ' t shov1 anyth i ·1c . I rhap s i t vms t he aj.r aro nd ner 

He t hought ~h e ' s wi:1y he t h ougr t tu a 

1:e ' d lwa -s fe lt i t ab ou t her , sin c e he ' d ne t her . '}fna t c 0u. l d he 

sa~r to her? 

" I t is nice • • ., "She didn ' t finish the sen t ne e • .tnstee-td , 

her v cnce cha,nged , b e cnrrie n ot c 07V e sa t i onal b u t earn e s t . " Tell me 
'-

please , wha t doe s l'!ly ha ir look like?" 

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Bnd t a lk to he r . 7/ha t he had s een of h er had l ed h i m to ex ~c c t 

s ome t h inG d if fe r en t . 

" I on ' t kn ow, ian t ,nna . 11 

" l ease •••. 11 ·,1e , i s i t wL it e ? 11 

"Yes . Bu t n ot a ll 0v er ." 

"3u t a 1 ;.;t ." 

l 

co t hat ' s why she ' d beey1 l y ing like t la t over tt1e v<L.. t er . 

Sa .. ne s s t uched ' iLl for t his V✓ O '!lan . 

"Ye s , a Iot . The brown and t he v1h it e are equal a l ::-nos t . " 

" Thc-.nk y ou . " 

The en:,,ti t ude in her voice made h i m fee l enba r rasaed , gu ilt_ 

as t hough he h a d do_ e some t h i ng ~r ong . 

"A;1n. :'iy fa c e •.•. I k n ovv i ts t h in . I s0,w trat i n the wu t e r . b ut 

t t.e vra t er does 11 ot sh ow cl ear ly . " 

Oh God , he t 1oucht. le fe lt t r&_cped . 

" Yes , it s t h i n , " he fi a i d . " You lo ok s ick ••• . 11 

• " I ts ue; l y , i sn ' t it?" 

" E o • • • - ~" 

0 Is n ' t i t?" ·I-:ie r v 01c e was CL.. l :n. 

3he li f t ed her head and l o k ed i ~ to h i s eye s . In t h e 

ga t er i ng g lo oM her eyes were b i g and d a r k . He ' s so kind , s h e 

t hought . / 

She wan ts t h t r uth ,/4e thought . 

" Yes , rc.nt rnnd 
He c a lls ::ne Tan t , she ~h ru ght • .'n:,on e woul d t h ink I was 

a s ol ct. a s h i s moth er . 

11 I' m u g l y . I ~ true , i s n ' t it." 

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He ren t ed t o ge t e_vm.y fro.:-;1 her . I t wou l d 

if she cried or protested . She was so quiet . 

She s aw his nisery and s 1rti1£:ed . How e< sy it v,as to s,:1.ilc 

with a _pers on wLo was vmrm a .d soft . Ei s 1iserv 1i1ar_2ed 11er , w.d 

her feel li v c, again . Such a 1 one; t i '7le since she had re ,,. 1ly 

S'71i 1 ed . 

He thotJf"r't: She i s n ' t u g l y vhen she sr-iile s . It could be 

the g& t her inc arkness , but she is bca1tiful ~hen she Sdi l es . 

Ee, wcn t e to t ell her but f areo. she .1ight ask r.1ore uest1vJJS . 

A corner of his brain v~1isp red: Thi s vo~an is the first frui t. ,., 
Too. t of our l 2 ter fr it . 

She s aid : " You know , on c e , my fac w~sn ' t all t 1in . On c e I 
,,,-

was beautiful . No t v err , but beautiful encu~h ur •• . • h , ur 

eny t aings . In ~y f.Mily , we wer three gir l s &nd I w~s t1e ~ s 

bu'lutiful . Its true , 2. lthouch yo 1. "18Y net bel i ev e it . " 

11 1 do . " 

~he tho 1ght: Yes , hF ct~ei . 1hc w2nte' to pu t out her hand 

Sl1 e wi shed he wu1111 L rn.gh . ·,;ha t coul d sc..y to 1:1, "e h11fl 

f'ro!:l i t. I' -1 dean. , sne H10nE,ht . 

"You .1arr t omorr o r.J , " 

" Yes . " 

11
1 ct. t hen ? " 

11 h n we move . 11 

t1 I r1ean ab ont you 2.nd -1s ie . t1 

"I don ' t know ■ " 

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"I t s hard to know . " 

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-rithcut be li evinc it , she said: 

11 It will b , bett e r vrhen we ' ve vr on an ct. are wbere v,e ' re ·ccin6 

She lookerl_ closely at hL'l as she said 1t . ~he r e.1e .. 1b e rel L,e ,..1us11 

he h a d ·w, rle • 

" - e J:hof s it wil l , " he said . Dee L1si de h im , o..1 -1 ost 

beyond t he reach of t ho :tf,,_t , s or.1eth i :-1c w>.i spere 1: we are 1 os ing 

urse lves to v,in . "But it will be :hard , " he said c; l oud . ·i' e ' re neai 

it now , he thought . 

Irrele~ ntly , it snot into her r:-iind: I wonder i f ' e would 

like to s l eep ith me? She was suryrised t ha t t he t ~ ough t didn ' t 

shock her . i she want t sleep with him? No •••• ~ ot s l eep with 

him • .Just l ean agains t sor1e'body who was wart'l and human . And 

. Ka s per? id she still lov e hi11? Sh~ t hough t abou t it and decid ed . 

Yes . Bu t why? 

'' ove i s a ha.bi t , " she said . 

he trie~ t o see her face, t o l ook into her eyes , but it 

had grown t oo dark . He could only see t h~ ou tl ines of her f a c e . 

" Yes ," he said . 

" '.'fi ll it g o on?" she asked . 

He unders to od . She meant t he u~ha ~i n ess t ha t h~d come to hi 

" Th. i ll get har , " he s a id . Bu t t here was soI:1e t 1ing ore. 

The r e was a way of 

t he two of theM . 

~a c k of h i s brain . 

exp l ain/ng it , a way of _v.a.a k i ng it b i gger tha n 

littl whi l e ago it had t ugged away at t he 

Shf:' thoug h t: I ' . :1 EU r he th inks I ' 'n 1-ria • he stays with me 

be c ause he I s k in '4. but he thi nks I' n _ a.d . _.,.o . He had said t hey wil l 

get ha r d. . Ee ha.d understood . 

He said: ,:,t_y f a t her say s to win t h r cugh we must harden our 

hearts . e s ay s t he r e i s no other way . 11 

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Ch h ow I wish I coul~ l ean agains t h i m, sne thu u~~ t . 
/ 

He said : "Bu t af t e rwards , WGU l d i t be ossible for 

hard h ,ar t s to t u rn soft aga in? " 

Th~:r sat in . s il ~nc e fo r - long ti .:i.c . They had Se.id every­

t h ing withou t s a ying anytni'16 • :aut it had be n arGun t h e!'l . 

Each, in th~ i r individual way , h1d f e lt and us ed words to hint , 

shado-qlike a t t h e dark t h ing t h a t was in tl1eir n1nds . 

Ov er t h e~ , silence , t ouched with crea tur e - noises o the 

ld , r e i g n ed comp lete. 7he sun h~d gone dmm a nd t wiligh t wa s 

g iving way to night . There was a slight dar:ipness on t he s h ar 

gras s a nd t he willows l o cke d bla ck in s t ead g r een . or t he 

first time , they heard the low lapp ing of t he wa t er as the Gran 

flo ed at snail-pace on its c ours e . Ther~ was a time less hush 

in the air . And the ir silenc e ~ade t hem ~ i me l e s s . They could 

have sat by t his river a hu 11dred ye a r,· a g o . Th ey cou l d s it by 

thi s river a hundred years he~ce . the s i lence and t h e 

trees ~nd t h e g r a ss-bl a des water 

woul ~ still be t here . wa ter , a hundrerl ' years ago , a 
' ,-

hundred years hen c e , as it flow . 

"It is d a rk , " nna said . 

" Yes , we r:iu s t go , " Taul s a i d . 

Re jum ed u~ and h e l d ou t his hands to pul l he r up . She 

pul l e d away and go t u p unaided . Side b y s ide , ye t careful not t 

tou ch eac h ot ~er , t hey walked ba c k to \ he city of t e nt ed wagon 

There was . muc h t o b e 1one , for i n the morning , af t er 

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T~e road was clear . 
J,k-

~ J..l.- --

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Tow it was morning . 

She knelt on tL s0lid ear t h. Cn her l ef t l~sper knelt , 

on h er r i gr. t St ef ·-J,n , D no_ , b vonrl him , lo os . And a l 1 ,, round 

th ,!:m other pecpl kne lt ..- , Thc ;vholc city of' ten t ed wacons k nelt 

: ," words of .the J redikant droned on her ears wi thout 

reachinc hrr c0nsciousness , without c njurinc u p th re2l1ty 

tr_·, t religion h ci ;:i, l~rnv s be e n for hPr . Trlf'y wer e ju s t noises . 

he tr ien to fo cu s h e r a ttent i on on t he wor d s . But there wa s a 

listles s n e s s to h e r mind t h a t wou l d g r asp n t h ing . 

It s e e n e d t h c f r c e of the ? e o ~ 1 e a, r e, u n d .n er st i r 1 e d her , 

robbed her o· a ll ower of ~ce ling or th0u~it . 0he was a twig 

on a stream, carrie by the wat e rs , t osscd £~ ml turned by t ncill ■ 

l, ow i t 111as ti"'l.e to e:2t t··1 l,recrt ,nd drink L ie vn116 . 1'he 

body a ·1 the blood of t h(: :i..,crd . '.!hy didn ' t she t hink or' ·c1.ll 1ng 

into t he river yesterday wL.en slie wr,.,s t n~re? ' nen . Tne bvdy 

an·i t he b lo od of th(! Lor d . Th~ !:..oly Corrunun1on • .:ash 1ne , cle.an e 

~e in the b l ood t h~ t flowed on Calvary . 

How lonp,- Pou lrl. it t a_:e bef'ore they are finisied . Tberc are 

so 1.anv of the ·1. y knees e,_re t;e tt1ng t:ir ed . 

The child in her bega n to k ic k . 5he ope ne, her rn out 1 t 

case it . It didn ' t hurt , but it we.s a strange ,i ab t liat .:la de he r 

uncomfor t able . It seemed to ki c k in all directions a t onc e , up 

and down and sideways . 

:ttov; the wedding s . How h : kne ,s hur t . :K ow she could r..;e t of 

them nd sta1rt on her fee t. reiha1 s it woul d ease t he little ne 

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:nanv othe r wedd ing cou:p r es . Thi s vr oul dn ' t t r. 1 re l ong . How t h i s ;:,r1e 

wan t ed t o li c t en to . 'Vas it t he o&r1e as v; ith her wedd i ng ? i d -t h e 

use t h same wor ds ? The r r edikant , u s t b e ti red . Sh c oul d hardly 

hear hi s v oic e . 

She -t u rned he r h ead to Kaspe r . ;'/oul d h e r e,:1~mb er? _ e s ee,ned 

l i st i n h i ms~lf . ~ had g reat re s ~ on s i b i l iti es now. He ~ s a n 

/ e lde r . He would be a me nbe r of t he new g ove rnme n t , yerhap s , · _ en 

t h .... v g ot 

:ri t y she 

t he r e . Was t he ? r edika nt say ing <. o ·l ·o-v- e a n d t o cher i sh~-
c ' ',f 

..a.n!.t h e ar . 
/ 

It was a ll ov er n ow . a u l and Elsi e were husband a nd wif e . 

eall.v , she shoul g o a nd wi sh t hem we ll . R'V eryb ody , el se v1ho had 

been wi t h t he V""'n i~s pe..rtv w ul b e do ing s o . Yes , she ' d b etter . 

She pushed her way t hrough t he t hrong of moving e op l e till she 

was n ear t hem . oun d t hem was a ti~h t circl e of peopl e . he ' d 

hav e to TTa i t before she cou lct. ge t to t he·,1. 

au l r aise~ h i s head b ri ef l y and h i s eyes met hers . ohe 

mov e~ he r . lips . He n odded a 1d t ha t war smil e t ou ched h i s li~s . 

She n ee1 no t wait . She wou l d go b a c k t o t he ir wa~on. Ee k n ew 

of hPr g ood wi she~. 

Ken on h or sebac k b o omed a t t he pe op l e . he tr ek woul d s on 

be u n e r way . They had t o ge t t o t he ir wagon s . 1her e was not .nuc h 

time . I 

t ill 

n na f ough t her wa . 

l, . 
he Go~ the i r wa on . 

t h r oug~
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t he·~ass of fe op l e and noises 

S t of wa s wi th Koo s so he was ~ r i r,ht . 

She c limbe i n t o t he wag on avid s,a t down with a s i gh . How tired s h e 

was . She wa tched t he c onfus ion change t o orde r in r .mar kab l y qui c· 

ti 'l1e . Kasper a nd 1'.oos ar rived vn t h Stefa n a n d t he ir h or se s . St efa. 

we nt t o t he head of t he i r t eam . He woul b e Vo orloop e r . ,;.'he t wo ,:i 
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~rom the outsk irts other wagcns drew n ear till t hey were all 

c l ustered in a tight bunch . 

The t a ll , beard ed Hendrik ot g i eter , .J o ;1.:1.andant of tne 

grea t tr ek to t he north , urged h i s horse into t he hear t of t he 

clus ter of wagons . He straightened his back and flung h i s right a 

ou t , p ointing . Hi s deep v oic e t hu1dered over t he wagons and t he 

sil r nt peopl e . 
-..... 

" Cv er tte r e i s the l and . 'Je hav e t rav e led far for it . ·,es t. 

hav e· far to go , but v.re will ge t t here because uur trust is m an al: 

seeing and merci fu l God . Behi ~d u s we l ef t t he ~rui t ful l and of ouJ ..,-

b irth . 7/e 1 ~ft it th2 t we mi ght be free , t hat we mi ght s_peak our o, 

1a~guage and wor s h i p God i n our own- way . 

"Ahead l ay many t r i a ls and dangers , but a l so the l and . /e w1: 

-e ake tha t l and and build our ho,nes and farms th re . We v1ill bui l d 
/ 

new State and. a nerf peop l e t here • • • 1ed ic a t ed to freedom • • • And no m 

••• nb an v, ill t ake it away f ori us a·ga.in . To o nuch of our b l ood 

is soaked in this l and . It is ours l 

He vrhe e l ed his hor ._ e and r de 

rumbled on af t e-r him . The course was 

nna r •·"':1er.1bere her fatber a.nd 

The wagons 

north . 

" 'Yith my bible and my rif l e •••• 11 but s :'le didn <.t com.1,lete it . 

The early rays of the ing $U'1 touche d t he eas t ern skies . 

There 70U1 be rivers to cros , and mountains to cross; t here 

wo ld be flat l a nds and }ngh =.c, dry 1-;JB, c es and wet . 'he days 

10 ould roll into vri::; ,ks 2-'1. thf" ,•e ek vrould roll int r.iontb • . But the 

tr ek wou l ~ move on , s l o7l y, steedil~ , cert2inlJ . People would die 

a'vl. e 01,l c wov:l ! be bor. , b t nothing vroulrl st on the cnward ~ove . 

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th 

orning , whor nidni ght i a noontido ; f c~r u i n .the ou tains of h ild• 

ho d a chilcl t 'ook its oth r , le d.ing,.-har b~r the hand . 

quest- ch· l d , the ountnino said 

h stars renoheci down ancl touched t10 child . 

Qu st- oh· l d J they aaid nnd tl1 nklod . 

"iih1 b st., took the chilc11:::; h n s and ,:re. t '!hen th ·vor1an tr r.1.ble 

Quest- o ild , ·t ey onnec1 . 

Dla.c1 n of ,rns s tioklor. the ohild 1 s f e t o.nd s id O Queot - c 1ild o 

rnhe chil d aaid : tiothcx, wh t io 11.f ? 

Th spirit ox our o.nc nto1 .. s ,vho were be.Lor ua l i c ~n uo . 

Anu , ot _sr) what .::.s n.o.nr, 

Tho 10. n ,.,., o sore n'fro. i c1 o.ncl holc1 ; r poaoe . 

Th . b ooc1in. ol d .nnr: whi spered. but t ho child heard not f · ·the 

feo.r of his r other b red hio ea.rs . ~he old an said : 

Io.:n is a q_uo,at , and ful il _ nt his o.in. 

But t h ehild hard not for th 1tea.r of his notller olos 

na.n i o. uost •••• 

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The t aller of t he t wo men s l ackened hi s pa oo . e f l un t he 
~ 

oohrc- c lo ed blank t bnck fron h i s nrm an d pointed . 

i s oo p ni on 10->ked u.nd 
I 

HA s i ght , hah? 0 

"A sight i nde ed l 

untod . 

They chan d t,h ir i r ection . 

To t he l ef t of th m, 11 ttl o ah· ad , n wmn.an work ed i n . t he 

1i el ds . t r a pp d to hor nok was 

do•m ut a ppe r d nonchnl nt as bent forward to push h r 

i ze into the soft earth . She l ooked up and a w th ·tr n era . 

She st i ghtened he:e· baok , pl ant ed h r hands on h r h i ps , h r f' ei 

n littl e a art o cho soft ar th , and star ed at then. 

"Spir i t of ancest or 1" e c l o.in d t he t" 11 _ n 0 " I ·woul d 

like that one i n my kr-ao.1 1" 

ashov, :me the , , n ·who woul d not ~!'hi s on i s trul y con l y . I 

ll&ve seen th be uty of urn/- ndi , t he king ' s ylife , but t hi s one 

wel l for. et th r a s on .f or his jour -i s t ul y conelf • A • -n 

"' ney an l i nger her e . ~~r..-JJ..~~~!.a-~ltflt'ffleee-e-elft!:d-i!:!rtnMffl'tn :;cr.m1 

"For such a one 1i ht be f or -ot t en , " As soon a s 

h ha s i d i t , tho t a l l on 1 k oc1 at h i s compani on ar1x i ous ly. 

Pro.she _ads i d too much i n h i s enthusiasn . ~ i e ••:bl :t:l ■ * 

l!f,oa MW!! },ee:g, :~,1 o boautii,11111 ••• rm ,a tae a:: 1 zdall .-, -•~ a ,~ 

~ad wanc.Jil't1f hts m-peni.1n 5::!lf H&b seea ts f.ta;e nsw.1:00:1& 

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, i thout a bl mi sh. She ,,as pl mi.p but suppl o . nd sh w o tal l 

and stat l y l ike :nost Mat a el o women o e1" yes v1ere deep and dar k 

and roun - o lier- ears and r:_oi..:.th were srml l , and h r fac e was 1·ound 

and i nnocent 11ke that of a exy young irl . er arms f l owed into 

hor ahoul d r ·s , and h r shoulders f l owed into t he r ound mnoot hne s 

of 11 r nacko I n spi t of the child on h er back , her boson stood 

out straight and firt1• 

1Those thi ght! " t he t l 

ttOh thos h ip t'' 
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The woma st111od ru6 sh oned p rfec.t toet h o 

•Greetin s , dau ,ht e:r f the k i ne:1" 1.rhe t l n owed s h o 

spoke . 

G-. , et ings to you , i ndunas of t he k i ng . fl 

nNow I undovstnnd why ours ldet :rs f i 6 ht so well! I t i s the 
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11 

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the l a-tabel e ·,omen. n 

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'Easy., y friund , " th th r . i d . 1Do y ou Imm·, v1ho th- t 

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drink o.nd r ont on . n 

"'11lJ. y ,Jny t c odi ·· ne nan , Jkom.oz·· , · s ~ fri nd 01 Gu t z • '' 

e on then togeth r oiten. 

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sin. 

" I um f ·' nished .r Y1.:. __ 1 thrmr h · s bones and n 11 _ o t . I 

am f' i nishGd . 

l'f Co n ,:,e ~ y _r nd . A o u not ' 11 t he k i n ', c chi l dr n ? Doe 

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l ad you fina i t good . "_ 

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,out ~n0 di npl0d hor ch ks . 

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ttfho k · n t wisdon iP 0rea t , " Tabatu so.i .d . 

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show d i n the • 

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st 9 oc pt t1 . 

pr ,,. uta o · th kin and qu · O hmmdi 1
~ 1d Gub za r I l O l 

t ro ,.,.i n to ; J. be · n".tr.lt f' i d out i _ th pr £. nt o 

indeed fro th k1 G buz - will i. d out by sl::i1 or q n 0 • 
di (L,tl , no · tter '1h• t thy re do,. ng . n 

tr lJ:ho. is good ••• , ' l e p '\J 11, Lob r;ul ff •••• 
-'l' 

1' ; . n i t t l C'UO n 1 s hit . T h str· t ch d h' 1 0 

so_t C ch. In ... di 0 on d h r • J nd ho n stfa d in o th 0 

nr , l so :ur 

n l ll nl 0 1 
• 

"Ho, C n s p with 1 od .n tr ch r , r nd hi ?n 

0 To bo stro an ust s l . Sl o tr •••• • 
-•I' 0 toid w: 0 rri tl to i'fl d ot ot 

r (1rur n n th ...,,t of th n i g s . 
' 

ml u ut t1 • I 1 ·h kn th y l ier l'l < to 

n )i • 
• ny o don t sk nbout t isi ' 

ttif you,; t to , yo till t 11 1 • 11 

You llo.v a d s 0 0 ·.t . " 

"Eno ,.,. n • 

"B I r t e n n i 

nr ow. n 

t?! t i r d . n 

sloop . " 

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nr pl nt d 

th 

iz on th n 

oft e p ... nt1n of tr 

s to p t lki ncl 

clr r-03e to _pit th n 

wny~ Soo 
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th vas 

.... n W Ulu. b \ no o. 

I n .,ho ot or lla. 
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Lob 11 ul 
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21:v. 

~J I .r3 t ~ ) 

land OU g 1 • cu th C tl 

tt:'.l d on , tellin hi:r vory 

z • She f lt hi re l d f 11 

ist ned to th ..;o td 

s·oppc CY ~ ho y,(l the oun :r .., y • .. , 

ilcnce only . Soo ..... th I'O ...2.g oit 

slept one fully . 

Sh, o_ orto.bl olo ed hr 

ye • 

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C I _ tl.!-_e f,l o r o tno f'i:re_igh c cou d onl y s e the op of 
-

So ev n the ki_~ di d . Fa.the~ . Onl t . n r nho ed , whit a. 

sno 'l o ~ r st OJ. hndo , . - thq d r 

one st t: d notho1 . O y t ij • tc h i :r an t, 

oi oe . er roal no ·1 . ...1 th other :cs ust ... h"l do , • 

'- Olfi Mkomozi: t o ..;he oth ,.. p:f,de of tho fire but :nec..1.'e hi 

t han , b za , h a 'I r.10 cl .· l Yo :Jh"'n 
{I 

f l an :rron t El i'irv 1 o. , U t 

i t li1ted o t th 

th t , dt: up th 

body that w o ilte th~ t ol' a. 

· n t e 

¢< 1nll chol a.. 0 

ny r olds of' s:ki~ 
~ 

sh.riv 1 @d-= ·JJ. · 
.__:,, J 

tlle OS h 

coul d not see c l early. V 1ich v s good , fo" r,,rhen those yes looked t 

hi he cou ld not look and h cou <1 net thi ,. • T 1c 1' c e nnd bocly of 

th ol d nan l eap up ·it f' l nd s · ay d wi t:1 i t n.... ,:as clecu ., 

d 11hen the f l - c sank do\·m tl1 - o ,, , co s __ i _pp0d i nto the sha-

do:s . And then onl y hi s voic cold ch~-~• A ce , · y 
~ 

ihen co n stalks e r ub be ago.inot e ch m;;hor . 

He l eaned forwa1 and t1r·w 

s oold , u t not no c 1 

pi ec f wo~. on tho f i o. 1 

night 

The he.rs ess , c goi r OU..i 

er w th would cone g in o Ie 11u 

ll DO O ti 8 b C • 

cf ore t o l o g 

1· et closer o 

h i o naked snoulclor· o Ho re chcd fo:r rurd and took a drink f r•..J the 

earthern bowl in fro 1·t of hin. 

Hot these ·wo l ked , 
. ' Al YGninrr e ha sat Q 

hero _istenin~ to the wl ·· 1 er t by t .,t oth l"' f'i:re , tho 

oth r youne ncn or the t ·{ re ha pl ea.our and t a1k ·w.,. -:~ 

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f things that ,mul t i nterest • But had to sit r 

No one had told hi heh d to sit here an listen. Gubuza had nots i 

np a.bula , stay with us and listen too .risdo , t h re h TaS o 

No one had enti ned i t , b t Yr on e ~pected him to e here . And ho , 

Dabula , pect ed it nore than others . So he sat here l istening t o the 

ol d r n and h ri the u µ,.te and g i ty of the young en ove the-

Uh 

He look t th nop of v,h.:. t air on the oth r i d of the 

hino 1 1s ~nd said : You ure fire . He w s gl d 

here becau e yo ar creature of Gubuza . You do the 

Gubuz without hin telli you. Rebel i · s'ti r d ina- h · • V ~Y 
1,.. •. t :.1 1 . ... 

sh d h do the i d in~:, oi' Gu uza y nore than any oth r warriors? 

And s ethi n~ e l e inside hi s ii : You are di sloy l ·.n yow: 

thoug.b.ts o Gubuza i s a Zather t o you. He i s your f ath r o He took you i 

and ought yo up s a ch ld o 1 you h i s due to Gubuza . v10n-

der d if i t would have be nth smn.e i f Gubuza had real ly been his 

father , if Gubuz - d been th nan , ho had s e t with his other and 

br:mght hin fort • Ho 'I does oue kno ·1 these thi ngs It lik ha i ng o 

one ·life . You do not know ho 1 i t .feels to have many wives . This , t oo , 
• 

was the doing of Gubuza. He ad only one wife ecaus it 'I s th 

wish of Gubuza . y s r · ght , as Gubuzn sai d . th 'I could h 

kn,:, 1 , aving only one , ' UY Vere th others inst h·· 

He a ned , sudrle t o sleep v th nnothe::r w · n . 

felt d reached for his bowl of beer to hi d 

his face . oh dr nk h i s thou~ ts er t rest for a a ent d he 

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"And th· s other thing of whi ch th r ar so Eally rum r , te 

me of that ?" 

bul a. tho n t : HrnJi.1 deep h s voice is o But I 1 e knov i t a l 

my,lif'e . 

on.ozi asked . 

l et hi thou hts e and l istene . 

sa.id o 

" her are such en, " llkonozi sai d . 

I don ' t :no 1. 

tI know o the 

that i s all . " 

' I h V sen the 

t you nust lmo t of the • n 

- s other tri"bes have fought v,ith them, 

u llli:onoz , 
"Ar th y r (.11 1hite ' Do.hula ask d . 

nyes . They e 1hite 1rn:y son. n 

"\'Jher did . you s then?" Gubuza asked o 

t 

"llany years o I i nt to th oas t . To a pl ace they c 11 t 

Cape . I sa: 1 t en th re . " 

11 us of thea, u Gubuza urged . 

tall and bright , and Dabul 

th old mo.n l eaning fo tnrd o But ~or hi s fao , i t could have J en 

- · young child lo in~ ro 

\'/hen you I irst s e then they est ang . Not ike p opl 

o.11 . T eir hair is straight lot o it . The_r skin.a 

t n rd n tho sun and i t is as i all out of tll 

skim1 . The te gar.n.cnts n the 

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Dabul a tri ed to s eon of th se pope b t h:i.s · nd oul n 

build up the P- ture . 

" •••• Thei r huts ha: o corn rs to then and they are bi , big-

er than ny o th royal huts I hav ·­

hut is on top of the other . " 

r1str e , " Dabula rru.rmured . 

"And th ir iadon?u Gubuza askod. 

en. I s aw B ..e wher one 

"Of that I cannot sp ak . I i.:ms not there l ong . And they s poke 

a langua that I coul not und rstand . n 

"But you o ,, 11 l an uages , " Gubuza said . 

"llotJi theirs . It is like no l anguage you ha: e ov r heard . ' 

1 Ho.s i t no rel tion to th languages of the north, of our pas 

of which ·ou so often spe k't" 

' 8ll6 at 1 . 11 

"Have you b en i n thoir huts?"f a ul asked. 

"Noc 11 

1 Wher are they f'ron?''P uza asked . 

"It i s said thoy ar fron across the 1at rs . " 

'Ar ther l ands across th wat rs?" There was I oubt i n 

1J t/ Dabula ' s voio • _ 

, ~ · - "F~ str nge peopl e to one here , the·~e mn.st be . Th y mus~ om 

from some and for peopl 

the gr at desert of the 

I!l.ust be other l ands . " 

only on l and o The peopl e across 

fair but not like th e o So ther 

# Other l ands1 0th r p ople t ihite p opl wit h a l angu.ag 

the St ' d d . Dabul 1 that even ywi sdom of' r orn.ozi cannot understand l range in e 

tri d to thi of it , to grasp th enning oft ese things . 

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~ Tell mo o oz · , wh t do yo think ~~ these peopleLbring, 

s na d h y are good in b ttl e . There r 

stori sofa wond w apon t he h e o" 
0 B ttor than the apear of_ Chaka?' 

"I cannot tell . I know the p :-r o"' Ch a ut I do not knov, 

thi 'l . pono Only storios . ~. n 
of 

"What ,,.:11 th y bri ng?" Gubuza said . Hi s oioe was nusing . "li<l 

I 10 d l ke to kn.owl o I would ike to see on of those men and 

speak to hi • to find. out about th r wisdo , to know the land 

fron which they come •• •·•. D you think they wi 1 oome here?rt 

'P rhaps they will , " ' omozi said. " rhaps they will . " 

After that t y were sil nt o The fire crackled and the lea.­

pi f _anes danc d mer1 ily . Thar wa no wind in the a ir. T' e stars 

hon clearly. The moon, youn" and less than half- fo:rt1ed , s tood out 

the bl ack sky, very near the earth. The leaping fl 

ab a thr· w t o pieces 01' wood O.n the fire . 

From. over ther ~~ the ., oung n were the no se of singi 

rose . So e of th voices sounded decidedly drunk. What atter l Thoy 

er huntin0 party so it was all right . They had hunted , el l that 

And hunti is at· o for tj.ng o.nd s l eepi and drinkin . A 

cha e from the sharp dfcipline of nr life o 
a 

The earning to s ep , ith another woman sud enly o e baok 

to D bula. He ha.cl not neant it O o I t had just hnpp ned . He tried 

push it f'ron his a.ind . He though o \ftomb1. . l'Jovr ther ms a wonan 

yo l Ab uty 

nonsense a.bout 

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c l osed h s ey n• A ost , he co l d f 

them riai'. , straini n-a n t hi m. And the 

hor belly when he 1 nnecl aga nst i t . And tho so tness 

of her sk 1 n . Not another '10nan. no , not anoth r wo 
,), 

want an,,~th r wo n1 Vlhon they ot baok he woul d s l 
,, f 

Not anot ter wo n . Not another worJB.nl 
: \ ,. 

I 

• 
e ot up . 

1 e didn ' t 

wit h Ntonbi1 

11I on oing :for a · ualk. " Ho ha not neant to say it . e ho.d 

cant just to t up and walk mmy but it had tunb ed out . Al: ·mys t 

"V -·· .ike this . Alwa. s , ho mad c ~pl o.nations when r l l y h e di d not 

rant to . ed a ray from the fir h ed • 
No l Not anoth r wo?!lan. 

Nto bi ' s breasts ur sh rp and poi nted . You f ee l th n when 
I 

you ean inst thon. They pr s s up against you and :make your 

f l sh ting •• • • e there real l y other l ands across tho ,vuters? •• 0 

? 
OU d 

And th 

noth r v,onan be as vmrn as t a bi ~ 01..u ~ t feel th sane ••••• 

h ve hair that is straight , t h ol d man ~ai d . And i f I had 

my om f thor , 10 .ld I re the o about him. • • • R enber the tiD 

Ntonb· 1 U"hed nd oriod t t nearl y tore a hol 

in back the11. 'lb. t n1 t that ,as l Cannot forget that ni. t 

e er •••• How do thoy li e a cross th ·mt rs How do th y I1ake 

huts vith cornera o Str 

you ~.ia.nt to 1 ugh •••• 1 

But why not? 

e , that . Huto lith cornets . 1 .nny g 1 kes 

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But you n · er had .... f ther o your om. Viho v,as h ? \Jh t hnpp n 

hill? I f you w, r to et him now, woul.e you. l:ci1ow hiD? .;..f yo 

D bula hud nev r o 0 n you , · ould h 

Ho .L ohe the il' .rher 

'· o t,here , DabuJ.a l " on c l l 

l 

knm • you ?/He • ~ _ 

th young;r en w rs . 

I 
• 

1\ 
I 
I 

yoursel x 1" h so:· d . 

touc ed one young on the shou d :::: . 

n o -dawe orr 

Th y- ung n 0¥:ed nt 

Anoth rs i d : 

~ - • ,. '\I i th u • 0 

gnored that - said to 1. w 
1"V v · 1 i: a l • " 

l • 

Thoy ere 

u - e f · re i s r-,urn and the beer is oo , " na. we s·otested. 

"Coe , " bul sa · d . 

The oth 

followed D bul a . 

b n a ne I song . Nda.we got up relu . tantly an 

Uhen t oy v, re out of th c ire e of the camp Nd 1e 

causht up with Dabul a . 

"\ _ ere are we going?" Ndaw 

"The ill e •• . • n 

"But j t i far , Dabula . • • • Why do e g th.er ?" 

Why do we 

woman. Ntomb ' s 

o th ,re? I ' ' not rmi to 1 

·10 and I have on y one 

wit 1 a.nothe 

• Why do 10 go 

there? I nstea o_ ans ieri ,., h just length!'.\ned h · a rid s . 

"Dabula ,.•e•" 

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". vi t t9) o e 10men111 _here 1 I t was out . 

For al \~ i l e .r~da: 1e was sil nt , the e n. k d : 

v To· sle p ") 

u ou can sie p . I only want to see . " ' , , 

'You - 1,{onging for Ntombi ?0 

I 

'Yes . " / 

Nd":tw 4 ·1 i od hirl. Vlhy'? Beoauso he was Gt!.buza • s creature? 

yon'(,! se tol d Ndawe th t , he wou d ha I 
a1l,f'.,hed . Tp.en y c Had 

he , . 1 h " ul t . be .. ie e _J.T , Dab a? S range ho , peopl 

and wh not o 

Th y cl. ed tho 

for it ... top, ut oing 

a cu:r e . On th othor 

of th ·t ll the f t 

pulled their b ankets 

bu 
'"\\ 

and 'l.:ias plo. · w· to 

it feel'? ;; d your 

his to Ntonb *? No 

ot anoth r 

rnav. e · h f - tur 

.... id 

s 

ti~ 

t 

11::H vi · one wife •••• 

h• ....,., ~ t a sl t , not 11,0:r.kL d . ctl y 

. 
t 

an ngl tow e:r. i t sloped ray ound 

0 t,he 

ht b 

about 

curve s he v.1llng • Ont e s i. 
I 

, 
t sh .P y -co cl ni t, wind . They 

,t 

then. I 

about v,omen . H had thi .. e . wives 

c had the cattl e for that . H w d: 
,,,_,-

women, how was that? The sane a: 

not . I t couldn ' t be . 

head . 

It is a. nst our oustons •••• 
I 

You 

underotand I 1n onl sking a estion •••• I' not 
\ a ryo••· 

I have tho ght nuoh of thio sin~• I hav been riad your aide •••• 
I 

thin.e? How Ci.O you feel Dabula ?" 

Dabula ·thou >ht: I rant to ask hin o othe .nd h 

ask e of on . Alo d , h s d : I 

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nGubuza says is the r i ght wayo t i s 

"But i:t' a man h s no wife uch .. s _!to bi . " 

"OU ee th be uty of -t ombi b oaus he is not your 10 r. 

"I is not that .... I v7 t ny th ·ngs i'rom nany wonen. " 

_ry it with one you wil l soc . 

"Wi th ny nina. I want to 1but y body y ns for the di ff ro1 

ple s· reo of y ny ,nves •••• Jhy·does G buza say i t i good for 

a n to h ':fl only on wif ~ Perh ps fa Il!lll understood that •••• 

I don' t know. " 

bul a t hought about it o Gubuza had e pla· ne to h i n 1hy. 01 

e tr d to re ember it . But , strangely , , s lost so e­

had spok n o ,1hero in the arkness of th 

hin and he could not . 

"Do i t and you 
l 

sa , knowd.n,r that ho 

l ied . 

11hey ,: ent rou.n t sid of th hill and ao •,1n into the holl 

1 d . Th · 11ag m uJ.ot of oho.dovr on the 

Da ula ·, t d t,o turn ac • Perh ps t pcopl slot . 

didn ' t boliev h and 10uld t 11 • 

~ th . S ddell 

rhaps Uda 

It io ·hott r to go -back no,. Turn ·m . · v l k aok to the firf 

and s t dmm ano. list n to tho t 'l l d nen . T n buck an drink 

muc 1 boar . Drink enough to r ke you too sl e y . ··or strange things 

to o on inside you o Turn no~. 

H~ l ngth ned his striden . 

ft m the chief hero , " "'Ida.we sai • 

"Goo ." 

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into pa6 e cj;D). 

1 
"I thillK I wo u.ld like a wo~rnn. ;rnest; aL'e ~ ea.i s outi som of 

"their wofueu are beautiful.••• " 'l'here was a su61~estion in dawe ' s 

voice. 

"G-ood. 11 

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ust tv10 soldiers fron across the hill ••• • And clo 

not s ·,et of thi s to anyono . 'II 

Vi l t s nat a l 
I 

or a oon ti 

It/\ 
f D not spea of i t - , de ~stand t tt 

"Yes , D bul • " 

'G od . If' you wish to s l eep ith any, th ti~ natter for you . 0 

rrhe w r near the v l a now, and all th v 11 v snot 

asl • n places thor ·1 r li hts . They r. lkocl i n s i lenc til 

they b d pa s ed so of the othor huts . Dabula l aughoc , a sudden gust -
f l au ter 0 l: d , tri e to se his f ce i n the dark . Th r had b n 

a note to that l au hter . 

\Jnat i 1 t ? " 

ou remem r the tine Langa 

hi s 1'ri nds?" 

" I r r:iemb r . 

nt to a villa ,1i th sone of 

"Ile called hins 
)i 

lf Dabul a , Captai n of the king ' o armi s o .,:.o 

,y s l Nda 1e la · ed . nThey had a ni ht with the v.romenl d 

th story travel cl f because e eryone tho ht it was u , th 
~ 

nan ·,ho l oved o y one j 1 .,,woman 

..... f 

A ain Nd o ought tat n t in Dab 

hi • then . 

n 

' s · oioe . I t da,; ed on 

Nd '1;18 slapped his si e a. They , re n r th ch i ef •s 

huts now. • 
~ 

"You aro Langa " Pr · c e o:r the l tabel ••• o " 

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e o But o not 11 i t 00 o 1 . " 

•••• d t st y 0 1" ant nui ,t plea r 

o.round th t .... an ,a ms t it tl e iaiden n <.lie ... o v touch t 1 •ml n 

Ta a chuck d ns th: reached the ch1e t s huts . 

o i n . I · 11 t'I, •• , ' Da ul sa.i • 

Nda: ·1 1 nt into th ut . 

ti ht es a out tho th! oat and h t took hold 01 D~ ul o 

II e it . It -ms th tightnees of' c • rs li s fel ·t l c k . .1.he 

aa.ting of h ' s _ t. t ,;,as l oud gainst h i s ri n . He 1" l t ashai!l6 • 

Al l 1is 1·· 

he 

i t had b o r,r- like this when h e ent , i nto bnt t l o Al ys • 

rcome by fea r . Ji t_ i had cone sh e that h , a warrior 

of th Ha elo, a Captai n the king ' s ar · es , shoul know 

0 e hac. never s een it i n the ora.in·ry nol diors . No e n i nth 

w nk t of thon. nl in h " • • ~nd ...al,m:Jo hi s shan had be n eat . 

Hoh d - vnys turned his f aw y fron othert s f r f in: th y i ht 

see i t . And a l 1ays , t had only een attor e ho.d struck is first 

f. c when 

0 1 · t 

spa oft cour g o~ Dnbula , h felt guilty . 

C" Y, th y 10 ~J.d 

f i nc1 ot.t . 

It V .s lika t1 t llO'l o Tho f ar .a t her , :..n1"' vith i t , the 

ha:m.c . Yet h was ot in,; in~,:, b ttl e o TJhy shoul h_ , of o.11 en , 

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d · Et so lon ? Corio buck , I claw , co e baok. et us .,o back · 

I e tri d i; u · t the bout of his he 1.rt . Ee ... ubbec h i han s 

e.g ir.,st 11 l anket t be rid tl c ... 1eo.t c, - e t:r·ied to cont:rol 

the ti:·e r 1 L., '>ody . -ron the shadoit o of ·th" huts :f'i ros 

cane tr, h · n . Aut 1a :;i ally , h , t ne tl 1i~ fac aw y .• 

..9,.. :Tdn '.f send : 

n I lord l 1 e c __ io p ys you hor g • '' 

mot or oi e saiu : --- •1 OU ." V1 co_e , u _ ·• in.c c . 11 that I VO i s yOUl."'D • 

Y com1>c..nion says you s ek u1e· pl ..,u o . Not a word v, ill go 

forth . Con i n , 

.i h nk you , '' D l a. su..:.d . 

He f 1 1 owed the chi ef . t th d.oo:r. ·h ,chi 

t l et h i - i n . 

x:rdo.ve sa ' d to tho chief : 

a-t.eppod us i d 

n Iy - rd .:.s t·r a •••• _Jo speool .., . 'I ow your w loo e is 
~ 

ith 1 our ho l't ~nd al 0 )1"$ . s n us beer and 

so 10 naic !lS I th n 

D ua on t; h "s s a ted fro 

The ch ·:er w nt out j; t _urn d fol lov d by 

e Y 1ll m n car •y:... · 1·thor-n po s of b r . ab 1 _ 1sed his 

h h' c.1 ti:uc ,.. th first lo ·1 , 

his foa ell f"o .• 
' . 

Uithout ne the chie ' s rords of th s echoed 

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Th~ o • one ove the , th t ii;cl on , l oo tee. so:. t an 1 r, . 

.. rorm .,. l oot 

or no.id n . " o se ·1e1 i ~ cl ttl of f 

ho oel f ox cveryd y . 

11e he to k th er f on the sh gi · l , h sa i1 i.;h t T 

l ad pull e(( o of th gi r l s i nto th oi rol - of hi s that th 
-the 

oh·, cf ·i·., •1hispe ing to gnoth • I t l l so ed ea l , l ike 

s __ 1cthi n :J h noning i n d an. 

is head an pour cl th b er dm-m his 

st ong d h fel t a l owL ·warnth gin i n th 

Th girl 
~~ 

~ lad l>: o~a:c: lli!fiil t.bc, bccJ noved aVi y . eaoh OU 

n d. pul l d hr b ck 

put an rn round hr . Sh f l t 

th first ,mnan he ~:i.:l touched . 

1 t was as though 1 t v~s 

fr1 =>hten d , v, nt to t 

chief • '.i'n.e chief s · od . 

' t i s I 11 , said . ,,-. ea .• 

Tho a i-o nd yo r body i s t a princ • Look l th 

.1:ri n o Lan aml b wonon l • •• ·in e l 

'l.'h one you .. ol d is untouch a. s are th se ot;har tlm . mh e r:i.:y 

ne v st ,,. · e anc. I ha.ve not yet om the· You ' e y cuts , i f 0 

you i s~1 th 

"This on i s .ia:rt1, n kl 1 ~ i d pr s ning th girl ag i nst his 

ch • 
" I wi l l r st unc1 t l k peau f ully to thi s !:laic , · bUl. \s i d 0 

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" Havo ym.1r pl · sur • I v 11 o l ou . :, 

J.-J'da · looked at Dabul a . Dabula nodded • . 
" I s th re w. hut?' x daVi sked . 

u iy own h t 1.s for "Ghe princ , n th chi -r s i d . 

".fot for , for · f r i end" , bul a na1d. 

1I will rest her tand talk to t h 
. 

Te chi f l ooked at Nda e i n a.uaz n nt . 

"'he ood of 

Yes n iriena. . n 
-> 

p ino , i t da ·, a i d . ve yo a hut for ne?' 

bul said . I ,. 11 all you when I to go . Let 

no one disturb ou 
-

Hua1e nou ed b r- down his throa 

nLead th v, y , ch i f ;' 

. , --< ~'lb a t il ed the ee oonta · ner 

~ oats ' \ r e oill8 to hi s he d . II ,, 
t ·vo oun women Zb ea e . .lie 

sh ttin.c, ff the hu,:; fr n the 

another ron~n . lon . He t ie 

d o ouded , una.11 to .OCU,;;i e 

I 

and got up , l e nin 

/ 
dee l y . The 

fAll :.nto pl co, 

nlon . Ho nd 

t ut hi brain see -

cl t ·the . ir be-

cl hir.10 11 ·ras 1 rc. i d of 1 okin c-c; her . He · cpt i s yos on ·t e 

_ _ tl,:t. t th t covered tho door . · at ,m.n 

·Spi;;o. to ne , ch.:.ld . n 

a: ,c doin . llO'W? 

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I , / 

~·}_ __ ,- -

" 'l' t ia your n .. e?" 

' rtJ':.J . .:ndi • 11 

nu ·n i , n he aid so tl • 

How slle , '- s ~ porrrnn . n 10 ha. a n, e , A wor n . i hand · lt 

hr flonh . I t \ , s the :Cl cah of 
I ran o er h r L "J/, and s1ippcd under i t , i nto he o.rnpit . How o ten 

I 

t h i::. db en qn h csic1 lJtO.Llb . , to 

f__,o rmot h r 'JO' s .idc Ht o 1bi 1 Hi s in · r s 

e l1 wh r ho 

• ., a , t h old f ~r , took ol d of hi and h beDnn to tr blo 

a in. 

' 1J: · nc1 .. • n 

ny l t Of?tr 

:t lt h r f .. _o turn to h • 
II mn: 1 • had round nd ook d : nto hr face. 

1~ 1 nd n ver loolt d at nybody whiJ.c he 

wns coin~ it . r ote p t of h s 

It ,.._bi? But it w: c oo :i:cr my 

n •••• 

tr - l o ' . l'ow 1 

. lit 1 

For wh · 1e he look c1 ~nto h r uptu nod u.O , o _d o.o . rue 

oon . '1111 ,n , s udrlenl , she l ow ed ll0r head t 11 h r t· .rchend 1 · c.n d 

t 

p.; inot ,,hest . T~. wo:rlc low c1 i to blll • Tenc erl , ~,- th t r e b-

in• f i n~or s , he unc 

know i .'{OW h \IOU d 

_ac . 

th 

o 11 H puoh 

1 r s 1ould r i: . Ho 1 woul d 

hr dmm nd touch c tho s:1.0 o 

ttUr . nc i' Unind1 l n I . o oi o i .., a. Ol" r i n th 

orio< o t one 

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Sl owl , t he o:rl d f l o,od ut of Da ula . Tho P-"ht c e ack. 

H roll d eve and lay 

side her . He l ookc at her. lie es v, r ol sod , · · c t an uij 

o m.ethin" t i rred. iru i o He tur ea hi s f o _r om her • The st i rring 

r t ill i t • o ·1. a i t · s . 

Oh '. o.t h~ 
) 

don ? Oh } Ttomb1 l 1 na.t ha e I done? ••• 

:fel t ilt v th a sense o sic es . B the fel t ood 

too . . •· 

don it l orr I l r. at o I rr.r? But I ' 0 

t o Yen . An ther · 10 • It ras s th U , h ' d ne r c1on ·· t i th 

any .,ody e:?ore , n -i,;. e en '!/ ·th mtom 1 . "'"' It ,.,. as 11 1 • A f i r s t t ime •••• -~he g d _ o_ · n3 1 iv h " , o y th other r ined . How 

00·11. ho _o k at th _ n ? Espec · ally th ol d nan. Uk o ozi saw 

e rythina . n Gubuzo. ·Goo . Ho ii co ld h f o 

Ot. 

I 

l ook d t her vrh • 1e 

He turned hi ~ head aok to 

he . ~uiok , un pectcd re 

a nan to ha e 

goo . It nak h.:s lov :1tro , 

~ 
ut )....his hand to 

ove him. 

and be tru to her is 

that is so he i strong •••• 

He eve sa no er said anyth ng Q th~ ,as G buza . 

:AL, ruy~ Gubuza. Alwnys . 

On Qay ~ · ·11 say sonethi •••• 

B t '•ho wo <ls of Gubuza lin erod and uith the words was th 

tao of r toabi . Th '\la of rovul o~on♦ touch h again , strong r . 

"Ot up and no cd to the other si 01 the ut . be girl op ned 

h r eyes and l ooke at h 1. The pl acidi ty v, nt fror.1 l.1.er eyes . 

"What _sit? 

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"Get 1.1p t is voio ,as ho.rah . ncov er yourselfl 11 

Sta t l d and a raid, she s at u nnd drew the blnn _ t about ho 

'TI - displ eased you , ny- l ord?" Ho voice , an ti:m.id . _ 

/ 

Th aoftness o · h r voice wor a. on hin,- H ·vmlked over 
I 

and tower d above her . A hint of raa or pt into, hor 

uddenly ho 1 bi and broad he ms , how cold 

H r ised h: a ri ht hand . She closed her eyes nd 

though :i:ro= an e~peoted blow. 

yos. She saw 

e'f av y s 

Ile s rung on h i s heels and -,ent back to th far end· of the hu · 

a.awel n 'he anger had goh frOl'l hi voice . 

,ant to th d·. or of th hut and l ifted t bl 

----said · 

She toppod without turning. 

T?Don ' t tell an.yon I ... 1 pt 1 th you 5 Un orsta.nd? 'r 

Sh turned then . er yes t o cheu his fao end fe_l way . 

"But the ohie ., 0 • • " 

"D n ' t te 1 hirl l " h i s voic was 

n...,ut men h ale po with me 

'I don ' t c et You did not s eep witL e t Underst n ?" 

n vlll turn p opl 
I 

tf -M nr don ' t oare l You sl ep " th -S.1 U derstand?rr 

) 
lore , n sh out . 

w e \about t e hut , restl ess and an ry. T 

oho n . H 

int 01 
,; · 11 turn ne , 

P-

out , _o:r . 11 .;hop opl ••• l the peopl e vrl n.G. 

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~ )._, .: G31U ' ... 

Bu.· i + ,. asn' ·t wro . \' 0 . d it wrong'? 0 ly Gu 

Ntomb ' ? 1 0 On Gubu.z • What if o •old Nt lb ? Toll 'lto i '? :no. 
:13 t t 11 hese opl et th te · t . L t Nclo: te toll it . t 

th \' o1e world toJ.l it to he All en di d it . H "10.3 lik ., 
• 

oi;her en. 1 h did was ,,hat a ll n i d . ·n C-ubuza had h 

mun wi es t 0110 tin ., 
II stopped oving . II stood doad st 1 • Lis eyes litter d . 

He whis De c softly: 

7I ill tell he 0 e poopl o , t; Ci i of a , I .111 te 1 

t Th t ' s J. t' tell the • Then 1 t \, ho Ii h 
' 

back 

anJ. , b ck- to o "'ar • h :r t;o to .1 i and ay : 
l 
I av b....,o ,ht 

take 11 r . " , 

w nt to th 

r wif ' . I I hav tho cattle to 

sl pt with hr. I will 

D tu l oo ed t Unindi • She e d t_ t to ·the .lai et over 

~ t c;t·oor . I will t ll th~ now, h d oi a.ed ., 

th.:. was cl aro thought : All I have to cay i I have slept 
,, 

rit!l her an ant~ ki r • er ith a y wi "' . oon o ttle 

do ~ o 1 wioh ne to nend you , chi -.r Th was a.11 . 

tllou11tt : Vlhat 1· _l :rta bi and b zu sa? H drop d hi s 

o es ,. and lot out h i s breath. Tho.t thou-"ht had done i t . -1'1'T"!--t,-i~ 

,, 
~t mti., n+ to ·t,½,. ,Rk i ,t bare it, h d .lm, t 001.~ 

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' ', I , 

0 Le , \ "0 a 
<.> ' 

h said and ""t d.o out of the h · • His e C"" 

touohod ncl slid over U: i ndi 1s fao as e ·1ent €:I' .... t t doo 0 

Tll io t ,,,ned to Nda:i 

! hs princ s . 1?,ry • y ? I? • i s yes shif•t ed to u ·ndi . 
I . 

H e you. d:tspl.ea.;; d - _? n-~ c e sa 1sl e_p with .... e c.J n you r e-
I 

:?u 
?" ~ 

. l. 
~1:ee . ndi s i d : ~ 

uch. u 

his b 

i 

~ 
11.r. , ·-y orl. . " 

1 p 1i i., yo 1 r - da' as ed . 

• _ shou 

"_ 1 . .n do not ·1 _r y , •;1-dar s i c1 . "li vro. thin,. · n c-4 • of 1 s wi· - • n 
, 

nwj_:f ?0 tho chie snid . 
-.. 

"H"s 1¥.vo -·.t , ifo . Se ' "' a r a t b auty 

He p tt d th~ buvt ock of t e ((r l who .nd so 

d - co _anion. ' Perhaps I will co 

'You o.r w looue c..c lway,... f ri n " ke 

: ec ent l.y (, n h 

~iof?" 

t,h t on :ro 

you . Gu rd us ag inst the anger f ot 

"You ha n t hing to 

Stay 1 11, n .,. 

noo wel , ' the chi 

Hr.. ca ·I'! t up '1,V:dih 

21 in o , t p an . 

the . s o e f the h L.J. ~re · 

Ev r no · d hen he t n od to l ook at; 

· n sile c _.or a ~hil • 

bul.a ·1hos face '"' a on __ 

a shacl.o ·1 in the d rk () At lact , i n a oice of vr :.t renembrunoe , h 

said : 

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~· "Lord l t t h t one was warnl ~:esre---1:'tmn mnmnmml':2,."J'- a:4-. 

nol..ut; · Jl '1 Dr ultt. f S ro i c:;.~ri.o '"O. l iltv 3 u: ,i p ,. 
'T~ ~ tl,. ~ l.J.,.J.. 

us<; !t ·nae s u une _ ect edt ~-·· b bz cslr :n 
W:e,,, ~ l tt:'9 hti!' b , iiii t.:- ·retnri an 1&.ee e:trbo:: l.!t"ei\lt . - ·r b a. ,..,bul a. ' s .. 

I 

Hfi j,-1 U -

0 . . h ~ l s ~ ~ r· , l. l . t 
·i; 0 C.L.X .l)..1.4 s , • , u II 1" 1 . J.. l on 11 

t 
e , bet 1 e 

h i s eyes . r e for oe of the l ow ~ent h i n stucg r i 

'\'\ .• l • li11 ll h C OU d e in , Dabul -:1 ·ms ab. ad , t10 " 

clonoh d h i s fis~o l1.G. 

noare · D· b e , h g;J:ow caw . Dabul a o 

a ul had 

e ' ".lked b s ·· cl Dab 

sol di er : ... 

11 OS • ' 

pow r OV I r.ti 

a in 

:ftcn· hi • 

} Ca 
( . ain o:.. 

I 
Fe 

10'.;'..'IID.1 

Th ?1 a s he 

'h kin ' s 

Li..3 a·h . 

o i of a 

0 I shoul d l i k to r y 1 e ~inont • I ish yo per-

mi::: oion. " 

ll i OU . y go . n 

Thy w l o i n silenc 'fter th t . 

When 

D bul ~ tho ~t : Sine th d t of -0 Gu1n1z , he has heen 

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'\ifii.il. ele. , :?hey ?1!n-r1N1 1 o I J~e one ~ittle fi;ce . t; . , t;bey pasooc1 =c;be 
// \ 

-.' liP@ i tir, . o the: :fjre e:t' ohs beUI"en, wh e 1.1011 ] •? Cs ::i.;ry the l'USults ef -

.... 

a sol.ier of Gubuza ' s 

fffiho.t t s ·thi ?H Dabula asked . 

n.r broun-ht n - • s fro I ru.,f'\· .'..nyo.ni f 

to 
llu-·1'"ied vthem. It was 
~ 

uo n on the hunt vf.i. th 

i .v _o::·d Gubuza O the '<I , 

sol dior so.i d . n1:hey returne c:n tl l c1' - ..... to t ~1.l yo • T_ e:ue:r· 1 pr-

\ 
A e they long {:ona?n 

!tUe r :us't hu.:rry then.. • • Con 1' 
t.. 

·They u t L . 
f ' h on t t i nurc • 

\ 

' 

of'-:f nt i.:ho f'n~rt, l ong- J.cg.; t1. pac<: o:r 

i'he oon was l ou in the en.st . ! -'G haa. 

'· 

th Hat , bele 

:--...t om to a b.:.. 

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bright yellowness . Tho :norning s t gl i ttered in u oleur sky that 

ha<l only hints of ot her stars . A soft , f' i ne st h o er the 

all ys . 

nv t i "" th news?" Dabul a a sked o 

f1Prino L a a nd h i s r1en destroyed K ............. ....... th .:.s ni ht . " 

' What di d -..;he Father say ?" 

"He sai d it is bad, Captain . " 

St eadi l y , venl y , eas i l y , th 

up spnc • 

barf et t r od th earth , t i 

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4 (0 
T l"' ar two m. s to Inmn.n uni . Th re is th , y up fro 

,,.. 
tho south. is th· y down 1rom. th. north , throuBh *zil 

k zi ' s ass . he xrom th no~th i s "-iro.y of' gio . It b gin 

i n t c ir . lior ~ ·or -S t nc. ness - ~ pl the air tat words on-

not 1;,e~ a~ o P rhnps i t ho.s to do th the hei h o th 

alw ys , th ther corling or oing to I nzv, ny ni , the travel., er stops 
'-U 

at a certain point . n hi s head ther ~is a re lingo th s · ~n)ent 

_1 htn ss . His senses sharp . h wo l is clea and t, •i t . 

And nh n h l oo s to the north , i t ·s lik l ooking thxough 

· st of ,re n nd rust gold , no tter \th t the oe ,son o 4.nd ther 

i s no hori zo~ ,absoiateJ 3 ne :ke:I ±non Et'3 @l !f..e '11 ere re t. i lls 

and si. a l loys and moro hil ls and allc that ~o on s tretchi 

nt o npuce . Th·r i s no cur e to th l and or a y , no blue 

tuins to out off sig t . Th re is onl s ace that fades awn cause 

th y fl 0 n ne no · ·ther . And 
-1\.. ~ 

~a, iJhc ~ th"'t i t' ._.Ley ~ er st 

nto th hea:. t; o_ A __ ·· oaJ 

val leys o. Afric , nc th h oulcl 

l i ttle da~ly too a o~ their li cs . 

nd wh n he turns anc1 l o 

way.a)~ h s es a t r a ck that ,., 
· nli . s that where h stands is 

ft@ 

one 

}f!Gl 91: .-:8 , - ••JIiii .· t a -to 11±11 

e r:..e;ht 

in 11 t _ 

go about tho 

nouth -fe;ll l!IGn l oo} botlr" 

down into the val ley. H 

ot i . oept or 

tllist hor nd th re ;,'here it nt ps out o_ th ·, y of hue 

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bo l d r or wh re · t "1e.ll:s- ro· nc1 a s l i 1t riso in th fl.a cl_, it is ,• 

strni ht • And nt the ncl of tho tJ.: ck, c op in the hen o th 1 --
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ley , he ~~ t ,,o n ountaina T 1 e up -.eee on e i the_ s d of th 
I 

track and o.11 but ne t . hey a elite 
l 

r e . K"nd within t 
. . 

I 

n e s eot·,ve , nestl es Inzvrin a.ni . 

,;:rei t 11 i Il It __ Ii; G'trL vs )9 cl C 

l 

of SDv..O ; c....noth, --' , G 11a 

1~ 
h re is ~ i...,t;rgc oirc l '/: T en n c·J- 1 

c1rc_ 'I: then o. o 1 r ci:... c l 

o-i r e l e: if u19a.e 0 ~ So th c · roles ·mr - t i 1 there ia only t~ho he,:JJ:'t 

the., ci:i.cle which is not er ~ircl .• 
M 

for the n~n~ t :tel:G!EJ oe Lne ci t.y or ¢1 ,. ,,,, ;; i:e • 

into:;_oates . 1 nd l ow r com , n eo.r the Pass , four 

t.: rulo. L· e lt3an a.gainnt ach ot r to o a. 

r it , t h ir l 

flo in. , tcr . In th sur er th r ar 

lo ,, r9 0.1110:ng th 

r und . 

s t ro.n e y t 'fl ta ;;;;;l rt. ~ -
rchv·a:v. tll 1 tx &-

u~ '~ I-
.I'iV r th· 

l .. : 
er s t ouc l,.in "'I> t.h 

l i ttle y 1101.1 

Fron the north, the w y to Inzwinyo.ni is o. wo.y of 1 g:t c . 

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Da ula and h i n con < nio ,,.. opp d ,1 ro tht. r:... L be~ n .- n cl 

look d dmm into the 

the 13$ . 'l' , hnd trav 1 o ..._,,, 

Th _ i:1:i.n p t ms· ju t _ o in0 throu h 

well ot . .-.n the ni .>ht; . T y would g t 

soon aft · Gu uze. and the oth 
I 

tih y stood , the ho d a st ady t -i~o t o:ii o unc o cnn. 

d as 

h 

"th. .: s 1 o The th_ ob v s pick ec1 u p y oth throb that Ofl.:lC 0 

l se _ • 

' h feo.st fo I a.nu , n D- bula , i d . 

1 Also ca ll to t 10 a , apt ain , n th solr1ie fron Gubu-

za ' s )e:rsonnl :rc1 i d. . 

r,s p oial ? ' Daln:tl usk od . 

e nan. mi p ~s , aptain . n 

' rd ·,e ronain c:. sil ent • He had not s ken t . o· (" , u·b th ir l oll€! 

:ai hv j ney . 

t~co:ue then , n Dab l a s·~:..d . 

th y 'iO t t OU/" t t_ o no nin... nun J} , c e 

chine th 11 s . t it se med i,ol d cun . ... 1or a s n o:f 

l ght thPn ·c - rth . On tho oth r side o th th 

t 1 .. t n d.ro,m a. o · ery other s u. d . It 

EL1 i n id .nus crs :i. t n th ... · 

i:i thout tni lki ,, ubou· · t. , 

so that it k pt ti wit - th th...:- ob i .ll[" 

H r" 1.aod his 

that o md 'he o:lty n ,_l t 

rcnc I' o 

~ 
hi n u · a.rt at ohang 

V 

• 

es to the h · ,h l and 

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h a('!'· .. 'Ji I , at i C :f'co.otn , 

_ e ton~to·~ n d the p 

· :rue _ · . thou. h ,ro.,1 

t'• ._, he loo e(J. at ( oopl 
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b. o. 
I / 

/ .. J ~-f> ;310 ,.' vY . 

i C: a. , renon _in" ot e.r i · st d s . 

C had a :rm fl c l a '. r· not one 

pl n t Ci ~ C inki rt ct d nci l y 

on t e o ·ts i ~c lit 

c t ed 

\. '· 

t 11 .;, In a l r ys i 
\ 

, I 
_ · m uoet . T i ing 

t 10 avy u i GJ t th t. ra.., on i o 

:.. , o:: Gt: u ;;,. 1 t h • 

n 

uok at th r1 t T e fron vill es 

0 the e pir .. Anc1 t cy I' not 

'1....., 
J:- 0 lg th C :rs a.ncl l rs 0 1 t 

of ·t;h t Buchu na und 

othe tri es ovo1· 1 ·vhey held ..:,'\: n:r . 
I 

/ 

Th y l 

. i:ng ' s / . h ,r.tn,:; y SEJ th .. 1 by o C -rru:d 1 
I 

uplifted , s h 1 1 "" 1·t 0 _e st f ri. CJ 

• _ood to' ,. rrio:r of tL - , hol e . .i!O.f 
/ 

1 usu.red th greu-n (<N ... u o:: thtp.ratnbelo . t 

f rci,,.n · :o tre ".J le, ... th y _oo C t th 

Tll th ,_t ..1,)....-? 
p 10:'r .... ~-

out 1 ud n s __ o ·i:; th 
I 

l ed h 

of , o _f'> tr s • ':..1_1cy r n 

paru of ' _1 t ·1 re t 

0 a d t11 Ba 1ena. , 

and a ll the 

esem,s that the 

el t ~ood , 

o . t \k (, ,00{ to b i 

these ·, ro tho d y that 

m ;ood . neo th 
.. g ' ..., O o 

1'.T to r1 ~ V tee lnU$'b. ~.., 

the city n v1 and were a 

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Cvmift(o)t &8l28SS hil ls • 

fo ·1 they we i ns i d the c ty, i ns i d the no:u, nd renzy . 

Do. k d o t t 1 won.en of the cit ,)y th SS l . th VLi oh 

he oth and. dance and 

lll i ty ·ms full of sol iers . Their s e :fl ashed every 

;here . lrnd a he ~ent by the , thy mad 'a , nd h re and there 

l.i.. r" o wh.is t -ed : 

Or : 

Or : 

"Th t i s bula , Captain 

1 here h i . 

u a •••• Gubuza ' s yowig " • 
vrent s tho ~h ho di d not he r , v · thout t ll'n.:.ng h · s head . 

Yet ho fel t ood o I t warne hi n that p opl should kno , h i .!!l a.nd 

pain hi _ o t o It had hap oned for a lon t i c b t it was 1-

ways as t hough i t w,,s the fir t t i ne . 

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the 1ois around ther.1 , 1;a_awo so.id : 

"la I ;o t reg 
, ent , pt ini 11 

i 

Fo oment th sadnes ... 0 l a..-, t ni Jht flooded. over hi n . is 

king to go ,:,ay_ and not 
I 

his friend a.Tly more . Thin 

v•no the only 

stopped d t 

I --t .. , 

v Hh whon he coul tnlk r'ecly L~ his heart . e 

ne to Haaw • H had on·ty 1;0 say'I ' sorry , m.y __ icnd . 

• 
r • t wh hi s c es l oo e ·nto ho old yoo that l ooked 

u , r apeot l_y , ut :r·o a st .. soldi r ' s i'aoe , he said : 
r---

u es , n c tly and tU!'ned. hi s bac on 11 a. '.re , -m~J.;U;;,._;i~;::....J~PL,a.J.~ 

Th sole or no h d ai t d for '·h _ ·· th hun in 0'1I11P a· d : 

r;;!ay I o too , Captain'? 

-lone a ong th t:J.ass of po 1 • R l ly , h oho d go 

n c1 re )or·t; to th Pa her . J. 

:r i .,. t be ·things Ci o do . 

anong the peopl e . lie tho 0 ht : hi s 

hi 1&el£. In· the din nobody not iced . 

· eo.t of th on ... to 

girl flashed by h~n 

w ,nt o n 

_au-=.,hO<.. 0 t O 1d O ho 

A o H.n of t_ 

i 0 

as t peopl e . 

• 

i 

far of K nn 

\ 0 :"00t out h re 

said i t al oud t o 

l ong r ,rare f' th 

the s 

• A 

s cm h i m as she 

d ,,,., t o He 

n t i our rea. Ccptai n Do.bula . Dri nk wi th us u i n 

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drunk ~nd on, l aue; i :) • This v s his ity and th s 
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h . l ' • h _, · t 'l ·e - l.S peo - C > e GC Ot Cl. y (. t T atost eopl e alive . 
I 

H of the city non d coul s t e 

t r on t . on tho pl n r th ·o al ts : i ed 

, trorm w1 i; a hug mod ,n chai r cov red 1i th l eopard and lion skini 

_ ear h · • a roup of gi rls ohatt e cd --t the top of' their voices , 

ots swi shi e1 as th dan d V · t 

stop ed and id to list n . :rtor ·uoh no din nd 

th D. _1a cin3 of lle do the sec od to '.Te • Th loud st 

oal ed for 
--"\ 

~11 nc . oth run r h~r a l oo tmnea nu lintene . 

1h girl ju.:1_ped into f the oir cl and sa • • 

Co ,, l et us siru.l n 

11 other ns 1 r d : 

s . zilikazi h 

s 

(.j ( ncor e -·· 
T e s us: 

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"Sharp i s the point of hi s spea.r 0 ti 

1·oa11_ the gi r l s of soa.u~a11' 

no.al l them. to the dance 0 

ncall ;the rIDi d§ to the ,,,Pnza,1" 

ncall them to the d noo . 11 

1 Izilikazi has a sonl " .......................... -----------·-
HA i ght i 

"Hi s r ight a:r: 

son. " 

i s strons l" 

"Ask the Ba.rolo 0 

i nc 1n 

those arounc1 ·them joined in the chorus . r;ihey rope t d 1t a a.in o.nd 

again. Soon i t s yp1ant d a l l tho oth r SOl S o Soon CV rybody 

ro _d th sse bl y pl ace vras s·nging the Ii:, 

to tho out,sk_r t s of' tho ei .. GY• I t o· h· 6. ' Y• 
bo nJ .__ 

t necl hi n ye .. ·bo th h · dbu.nl'.~S 0 

station nove owar it . Like a mo i n vind , >->11 no deooend a. on 

the crouds . 

So di rs or t h roytll ad grouped tlo ·s lves rov.:nd the 

throne . Th i r spe- a shon in tho m.01.ni . sun . '11h01-. h ·g shi ld~ 

al1 - oo ered the~r bodi eu . 

bltm mo ... , _ elee&ly l> - J the . 1um nur l11g 

Q.ro:,;i:clu &nu tl1~ iel.tnmur died te the i'ulhtt.nb of bU<'.'.i ... L.tt, h~ 

Sold i I'~ t_e city euo. d fell i n and cl r 

to the ver o· tskirts f t.1e oi ty. 

sigh ros rr·on the o:r ouds . All eyes t . "!'. a to th . cut ,ro.y of 

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rst p t n • t n nt he ,. o 1 .d i the r l 

s eo11 lof I loo o Ne",. c 

and fi nllJ, Ta t ~. With 

buza , then Di s · .,_ o, 

j 'I -,. 1,,,. 

t hei nan s e. t e~ 

pp r • .a!, • J..: na.I!J, v,a.s r :lr nt 

arrio_s , t loade:r s of th · eo , th 0 . t 

l th th i tec • . rh~ps Gubuz , t the:rs h 

o e b f th int but 1 e o · try od l s be-

ca10 h·, s n t to the ki he .,,a t st etched i n ~ n long 

/ 
1 "'ilik, z_ o pped y. A so· l e olo tha.t 

mv d co orod hi.:. 

Ba 1" 

..:t e ded oath an s , t >uche th pas o the mountains • 

I t V red th .sv h .lf cont_n nt ti th th shadm of t 

Slowly t eo. o s cane ro back. 

Qui o y th lked to 

thron • ➔ o sat do ·m. Voices bubbl e as in. J 
Th l o dost f t a1d.ns , the one ·tho o.J st ted the 

to La11g ran int th ~lear·· i n front OI t thron ' bo 1 

' • L,) 

then ,.~::1 sod her h 8.L high an st· rtod tho Chant again. A hos t of 
~ 

voices joint · n . Th k ' n1 ·tu· n d to his ner l s ~ nd nod.de o 

i s 

Chant 

d lo t 

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one of th n ral • The en Ic. l spo rn to th king . nh king rw.ised 

h · 3 r . t hand . T 1 sin ~:'..ng ell {: s1 C.<1 nl~ ~Hmrmim--mTf.""cTN""- nv-.... 

E n t;ht. to, - t . s v: er s 'i l ont . 

In the silen C, a.ppro"'C i nt, d,. be S 00 l e. b he<.. ·d . l V 

ren 1. er and ,tr t nea 1 

the so di ere -:,f tho c · ty , 

'T!:'9-. Th kL . -.; ved to the roy,.., 1 dru:rnme:r-o • They struc 

----e \ th t e p :i..' ch · g drtlll - eats . 

U th13 h 

.P , k eping 

a a , o.dinn- h i s it~1e_ l f,:; · o::: I' i ht , no s i gn 

:re d t_u ou the ! ' n p su , • 

l o d :r ·i.; 1 lbr>n i o st epped t o 

t t o " o· the .er.rt~ _r..r on o u ~·na. . en, 

s 
' 

r 11 t ought e lia · . 

i ,n he £.d f i n i s o 

rare : 

---point abo e the ki ' s he d o 

went ca -

o , t n t vo1q_e 

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Dub u xp ct ti st · :l.•e th.:r·o· tth th vast 

as sen.bl • r.i:ne 11 ,.,. nass or p () 
, sat down n t e h "'1~d art;h.+e,-

t 
..bh11 sh cxJ..llc ti 1h @e.y I'oabtn: .. , It nae= OIL 1-ow, blng .Lc nooenenb . 6xre 

':llHil: -n~ o"icJ natl oum fit 11di:1'1t.0 -, lie l~in ~ utteoa . and tihe :ae . .ct i11Um01:ti,.. 

s uatted n theli· ha .tch 
• 

1 ning 

ro , -<>o i:ihe s eoh · l D bula tl ou ,ht . d eve:ywh re x­

otant t.:.. · -s - ~ turn <1 t t t c s 

eoulc 'J.' • (1 

S i to ... 1 > .... st p fo.,:v. __ d nd 1! isoa. ~ is nds . 

UIJ1a . 

Fh 1' s 

ou . Lis 

th - t ,,,b 1 1 

r o t he 

t,1 alcy , ruwtc.1.· of' _c , :::;ho ·lC. o ~ s hi 11 t o:... ut · 10s , 

h I'O s? b 

e . 

a , r beJJiour 

~nuen now? ,.. 
~ 

011 . an-·· b ' 
rico 

I 

Rolo 

pro d o ' thos c y01,1tha , cl I s 

iug ' s i gnit . 

no-;r? rJh I ~ ina ocH I wi 11 t 11 

, ocn of o· ki ~ , has 

lottod 11· ~ na - c and th n 1c of hi s city orr t cc o t h eartho 

Tuan 

HOU 0 ·, , 

r those whos ea·s e.re 

oroo.kers . 1 ere 

f n " whoo e s a:re blind to ·atabel e 

only OUI . o· d ce : 1:ihoy u O.Y tho 

not; concnci c.. to vhc ro 1th of t, 

only b:r·e e. c. · nt- ea ti :nesn. ,·,nc:r.e c. tl1 oo oro 

o the 

b \ 0 

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an0 .... nd not n.o , ·a ·, or th y 

tr 

__ i .J VO . 0 0 

s ,hnrged ;i th e. ot .on h n ho w nt on: 

i: 'l ho c1 ri th pa.in ·tho ~a. o ,s t · uuxC.cr. o t c no:u a.s ~ 

Bh a · n<l ung l "' ., The 'fer not pr- i at en p ss C? tlu·ou , a c i t , 

y v1 r I:l n , ·ho ._ nt peacefully on t e .:.n ' 

busin s., . 

tho 'I ~- o n: rur..,:r; d • 

"rl Vi ho - t'J!'Cd the. ' ib.o \! 

i l 

ni ·t . I n tho 

-I. ., .aC _n '" _a tL bl oosine of ... 
cool \, n, on hot d,.y • Lt i \) _.1. ( ] t~ 

a ·o .i ·- O J.a vr .th n, th i n._ ' s sht:l.d· 

pc ... · ttod to hunt e . US. OU JO !"I e . 

d C f 'tihc l ane , i our wonono 

lfT'l s -ch kl C, 1 u~. to the.? I .i.te ls ,;:, 

h 3 :Ll.9-j t 0 s . li'o:r 1 . we p y 

Jb, shoul • t they~ He t"OU[",ht p C to ... 
V 

to · ·ts 00 l e . 

1;..1e ... · t 0 J.nunn i n n r • 

eni ,:p e 11i h . c ttl • 

'."ij 

·an rl , 

sL-: c.l i:lith 

UP.' _ e t . 

h . • T D :n 18 

st to t • tl 
·~o OU ki "o 

f::: ~cdon n plcnt 

.::.no a.r 

e o. ~ uo hi e •on othe:i." tr.:.., Ch, , lo l end ra 

of thei r po le . E ch of tho 
.. 

oh_t:L s vi ....l i:• i '(wz.... 

booty . 'l1 , the .. r p o 1 wi 1 ow t e goodnoco of' _ :Iz ·i k◄ zi to 

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l rd3 , for those v i th t ct_ ry i n th ; r h , 1· , t o ate of 

ro lis • " 

.... t . h .c..li nt :i: ncoc nee · c ... "' :f .. i "·s r 

·in ~ , na l oim ao you 1 e ~- i (., ., J 11 ol p an ..1- est sec re 

in th. kr ow:I_ -dg that lrc.,u n €U"d ' n U8 :!.r ev 1 rtn 
!! b C :..d .. r 2t ar - 0 

r a c.:tlO!l , the cro.; • 
Ql' rn. d tUE; .oico f - ~b z 

D . 'l c1~ .n t. his "J.(;Ok ·:o il otii 0 ., '• ·t __ X' I'oopl e • 
:1:hon ]. catv-ht; t.!L hd$por ~ 

r he :F er is 0 ng us . ' ads 

Th k ng r i ,~ d his hu. 

bro throut?,h th c:rm • 

n:.1y _0 _ a. • n 

tr .. n 

o:..c ~1 st , · ., .,. l crd 

"A1 er D ,.. n ..... . 

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L turn.~ the ~t ~ . 

ur, • .::.w:; 

k . G l zn. k his l a~ nd tuin d to t he 

p opl . n: s n t 11 9 uh kill\, , :m:t l e~ s fat . His bod was s til l 
\ 

tL .. '"' o:i. a y) ng an in h · s .. i,,. ting rime . The ti ,ht , rmol ly ell! l s 

on hie h e d ,ore no 'I • it· . .. go.inn hi s sno th unlined aee it as 

and o _ r dicto • Ag nd yout ~ l end d too ve ,. 
• 0 dy 1 ·· "' ya f n old nan , a d the bl ending 

f r 1 ·~ in, a hi nt 

tir dncn.., t.10 ._ . _Qt ph. sic.c. o 

He ~10 rl y , n a 1 tcrtt " to. hoa 

... h ··o ... of 

d ot 

ted t i 

ot 

-.., , and I 

d . H WO. i •­

A • You a l l k.nov, 

11 ... th ~i •s . ,._.., 

us th po I r· ar· 

o orat - ., ·· ,., s ·;, :r you , oh 1i 1.1. i:p b iof . er,.. 

11 saiC. 

Gu.'.>UZ-. , h 

u. 

ili qzi . 

c. noi.; 

3 t at t_ .. ~E t 

f t,l... thinr•s I have 

of the h t l e 1 fou .. ht 

i .. 10'· tin fo th t o 

•' Si ton a . I' sa ·t a.in . I , 

non . h o l is <lned to 

th ir ford a11c1 
' 

a. :i.rom. then" 

!f - ms 

nn C-u uzr.i. , Co 

no n n I h 

.J 
rn i n 7..t:.1 1 nd.. a tol , h .,. 

th •i ng r ... arm.i s , bt'l.t 

be n the~e ~ in, n t 
~ 

s c or .i.nc-ry rum ,,it 

o be n to ·ra.z · l an , to ~un3 l and nd to Dnoutol and. 

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cle ':;n s 

3 ·•rts , I n:: r:1 h 

;;our!l s n t on , 

tlm I D" 

I do not o tho vror- s Sit nu. 

his 

I 

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i • m.:,- c · :r.1 n o 

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A nor _ p :r 

t 11 

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- C..£H: d . 

. t 

1 

1. n 

the , · sdo. 1 o~ IIo,..110 .'l o 

you s ":T 

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no n._·o · c. tion? 

so . ·- 0 .l 
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.t.--,J C cl :rs • 

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L .. s•''{L t o __ il en& till n 

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t_1a :W: C . 0 · .:..u do.:.n.- DO 

ch c !i:!. 

r 

tho: he h d n. ... t uaken coun• 

you 

• 
"Do 10 • :110 l i th eo :c a " 10.,~ c ice C: to unis . 

the· own chi af -n r1. Dtlke a.ri~nds for th death of our tvto · ndunas·? 

I 
eopl o ?"'r"O"• n • 

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a C:t. o 

''Ilno ght Eno h 01. t 

1'1 om_ uo c voi (; oal e" Douaret t ' 01i1l<~1: o:Lcos t ol: i t U.P o 

o _ .L.!O d . 1:l cy 

got u p w p rhod a,r,,a:i.nt t 1 o c • 

• 

l o ·· o" n th. n.ne. ? uncl h · n heacl 

. "0 his nu to tl 1 c~ o~ the .~one ,~o 

rn r • p rf; n l , ... 

• 

e o 1: · 1 , a ::.. o or f 01• 1 

o ..,·· _ ·i k t;ua.t o a. 

l i uul boJ. 

h e J. • 

• 1.i you:i.: rm.1.ll ! 11 Dt: b e. 3 " i d . 

o one o · J.D nc .. , .• 

u.r;;; e o. ·m • 

"Th kine ' s p .rson~ €:~ £L c · 1 o t n D b 

.,CU • 11 ...c.l '-,.. .,_ e '"pt:; _. J.l • " t onl, of ,,rot.: n n . J_ fas on o" 
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r .. 

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o the :. oy ! nclosu:::c . i:.:hc t!D.p a.in f hr ki ' s >uo.r 

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g< nd b - ') . 

i n'b 

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hn c n . 

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nan c ,e . 

booty and tihi 

1ords : 

nd n 

- Q'. t o o out 

t o stay , 

nr .. ...or silence , 

beli that houl d r nor n 

:) t if I be k i ed ·1ith i mpunit) 

:s rie , nee, , .:.re v uld ra. -.:m nothin • For my 

· u.pod vith is 

o ,, that ri • r a ~o.il) - 11 I alut 

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l .ur- oi tl .. t cu.cow. o 

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_ui:;c •• • ., Hntl , -. I '0 11 Bus -· , 

. .,_ 1r:le hill" oc.1 (_ ki - ::c.1 r o I.I 

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' not ta.ins t o the ·..i: e u and 

... a would o.oknowl ec1ge the 

0 
se s . He said t ho: 

ss of our artiy .-

n h i d ' s l!.reen tho:p. . But ias i t'? You k:norv the ansv11 

n children. _ o· a ·ter th v.rord o e the 

',_______- "Chak i s de d. Th a i s no 

J.Jzilik zi •• o. 

r ou knov, the ans m~ , ny ohildr n . Y0u 7.'. · JGhe creatures of 

G buza l II took yo , ns o nll hil cl t Y, and _sha e OU 

i to an po __ :fu_ ri t.:.on. VJ tho t hi, , ,,here v10uld you 

ha b en? ••• 1 ' Look at · ·~ Loot. ~ ·t ·t · <:lurt :n is 
~ ,:. . .; •.:. 

~ 

none iifiubuzn . Y qu 
'. •• ~ _ ... f .. • ~:, • 

lin F ~"-5r~ ·.He ",is: yo · t .t her~ 'I i · 'i ' 'not ,ri h 
. I • 

' J •· . • 
a tide h i ~ c_1ildr n \ :. th the ,an er of his tha:0 

ton e? 

Th n 

t1d 

nd to l this m; 

ery ron on· o r go e_ f;!.l s . 

i '.1' • •• o I hro:tid · h ,ord tr c· • 

, h 

that _':'l w d fron h.:s . .,re t • ra.t
1
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,, 
. ' . . . : . 

mother· o et:=-.: y her y0t!l18 : si:L' , 1-i · -:h·. for ,i ubu.za ·t ·o h 
• • • • ~ ,,, I 

, 

e .i;eachery 
! ~ 

·1iso 

s al te G buza , docs not sal ce ••o• 

blind mom nt by a , 

ohil r en, he mo d as not 

But a.\,a.y wi tll a ll thi s l .It 

is 11 a · mmd rstandln • 1 re 

o u:r th, r st; t • J nb_y . 

i s the no ent o -hi s is the no on 

. 
to be d~unk. le must be 

w s a deathl y s ilence 

ou::,ht : I :t' -- lose rn:y thl-one , no" 

the ho 

tu.r-es ··o. a 'mop . 1. ·111 t he a ·1oop? Hi ll a spe 

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v e should r ·m · d tho bo , L-_n a , for h · daring . · 1 t 

l e and noa.cled . Gub za r turned the 

\l oouJ.d pl'omote h , l o d , to th COL'! k na O the Sib 

d nake h i chi f of th oi zi o _d , I thi , i f h 

0 

l i kes , he y s ttl then on th t ~r:tory !ron whio has olea_ed 

th nrolon--; • 

.lr.lz i li zi turned_ to '.'...is s n . 

~1Great hono lr he c fro 1 the k i n ' s oner 1 . Ho 'I do ou spa boy i 

{ J\1 o 'I be or the co_ 1ander oi t he ki I'! ~ o.:rnios , y lord. His 

kin ess i . roat . Ii thout h s t rainin w would have been n thin 

"1zilikazi thought : .i.:h anent has passed . 

·10 ow-d went u.,p a eat r o 1-- . 

abul a si hed and --~ ....... -d . There was a rustl e of nerv s r l ief 

among tho ads . Th k.:ng · 1 ed an l eft i s throne . 

Thi s the :"'.ld of ~ peec ing. Do.ncinP, an 1.nr,dng rok e 

out . People went to the ee:i: ot s anc1 dra • The h ngry " re f ed y 

the mn n of' t~ t ity. IiJ.ita. __ y di.spl ays vr .e er o.ne • You 

nt th o h t,h motions of thoi national c nc eE . 

The feast had be n o 

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D ul a wem; to th door and looked OU • 
1 Yea , u.y 

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I dt?! t t,r st 'l'abata. . Look cnref'ul l y . " 
moments 

D· u_n nt o "ii . - o e b ck u .i. 1 ·• ·-

'Th cn era l s re all -1i th Langa, ny lord. . · 

lat .r . 

r,r ddn. 1 lik t hi s l 0 I..:.z ili k z ::. s id , getti n ~ up . U'.i:'h e 

t inr:• .ff 

'Si down u d i'o.re t thon , n Gubuz sai u u tly. 

6. 

e plot-

I1z 1 ·ka z i dI op ·) d 11 avi l y nto the co ch besi c e G buza . I.:!ko oz i 

reel · n d a. 1 · t tla · "i.stl.C,i.nc · -- froni. then , h i s b a l d hea d bu i ed on 

h i s tiny ch st . 

t u l l 1or be r and s i t down, b oy , ,r Gubuza said . 

ny s , Ilz i l " zi s a i d . a was f 'J. a i d to 

a.bul oa l_ •d f o beer . J. _ t or 

1 o· oz i refus e 

"A i t t _<. gon.t -: s · _k f'or 

/ 
110 t hose 

br ou h t i n be r . 

·h Gi r l s went o-.1t an on ·eturne a bo 1 of oat; t s miiko 

'Dri v.k , my :f.'r· iends , n Lizil:..lra zi sai d . 

rlz l i ka i put clovm h i s owl · and s i ~h · d . 

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~1 d and nodded . 

nind st rn d to th set ns on nt 

h k i ng ould 

h 

happ n ed . It was there i 1 t h i r . t ongol 1 ne ma r t t l his 

n s , nd T b e.t f ox u 1 . VJh. t ro l d h v 

n p~ene , had th s i gn 1 oen g i ven? •••• a't Gub lZ • nd th n the 

ki ng . t he sari . i.v 1i l e 0 _uh- a C "b 1zo. mul d . 
11 ut t k ing. 'l'h y h ad vm1°k ¥P t he poopl e 

h d t and 1 t i t p~ s s . ' Oll~(: Hav b o n , llo ~ 

C, T at oou.l d h--ve boen t a k:n t gen J. 1<V 
Y' d l e the:: ... ;,.on.en ·· 

buz 'lO 1 l d I f t .. y ncl. n"'t do 

il t · n d i t i n h i s ·· nd . He p:. t · ed it . Gubuz 1 i n o 

the 0 oun ro, h is ac e and ·. od o ubuz ead . 

t (i 

l t I l d :.. t 1 . ~ a'> . y - ., uea . ffl' :ttr---u::trn::Jtt--1":½:-t,ift-.i 

yes woul or 

"'8Ci ,;, anything . He 'I u l d e on h i s i s ad ·oul d 

s de., ys ,:; ~rhaps .. ris out,h 'lO h ,.ues on sa 

:i.rough 1 i s · ·nd: vh t \T.J . d it neo.n to 

I_ of fea ~ , rai oed to hi s L'. .. ps and 

clo d h"n eyes ti~ht to shut out th t e a one t h 

open d ~i s y s L .! lo ed - at ps t h ol nan 

h d "J( che h ::ri . p :>haps t,n ol c1 no, roa not 

l oo 
1' onozi t OU h'C : n lJ. the tr ao.c ie y u.n d f a i s of t;_ ir ovm .!. 

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W bo think ymo'""""' • This b sinoss· at the :trna. a had wor n h i m out . 

Inside ht. : nd dio ~o Gubuzu . erhaps , 1uter, he would alimb t he 

T-""t _n hillc to bo a.low oncl ·think nd l ook do m on ~he oity e H 
) 

e11pped hi s goat s 

1 ook i ~ hi~ ey s . ~ 

~ lsive},,_, lto lung an urn :roun . Gu·:Juza ' a sh.Jul ders . 

uo .nt had oome , 1 11 · mii d . .. l aut.t ed wi tho rb 

.. c 1cnt o fi.Ll11a. a· J.. coul d thi nk of was ; 1 l'Jhat a vmy for Gubuz 

nd · e o di e , YJ • t ilo darod Cho.ka nd •••• Novi to die at t __ 

hands 01. 0\71:U s I md a pup ' • I woul d 

' 1I d_d not fco. , 1 

nyo ea · ool , C.u 

bu?.: l aughed . Then o v n his roioe . It;; :ro oed 

nyo t. ne , Gnbuz zi •s oio e wa equ 11 o:y . 

oy ae i n. 

n ou 't ·y ,!!1_, !1.ziliku~i , n Gu uz s ail. 0 °Vihy 6.i .d ou do th · 

~ 
0 I pullc your !1.oad out 01' l t gs of tho · • edi c ine · ri n o.na. thi s is 

your thanks l ' 

Blloy and 

thou~hts an istened to the Father and 

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o~l t 'J e you , tle -

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b sl(i. h er . 

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s -· d 

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our i s i on . n She 

H put i 

· 1ed gently. 

round her and they sat cl ose to eth 

ny am a windbag ·n ny old o. el" H l ughod . 

rn 1 Th r s beauty and wind on in yom Jt.!.nd • ' 

0 TheJ\ list n . You renenb 1· ·th tihc b Yo I enoo aged h :lm i n hi 

l ove for Nto bi f or she is a good child . t i t ms l ike the l i ft - • 

i n o the c t a i n rom. y brain v, 

her as h i s w' f • You knov, t e nurnuri 

I onco a ed hiri t o. e only 

tl:tere ras gainst i t 

ms o. good. hi~. On the hunt he tol d ne of its goo ss . 

"Wh n the curtain l :1.fted "'ro:m. ny b r ain fo the bri efo t of 

o ents , I sa a wondefu.1 t hi n • Look o" 
hancL 

1s Ya.nd and 1el d h i f in ers up t . 

"Take one . " 

Sh t ook a fi ero 

he ent i t a l i ttl e . 

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uy f 
0 

"God. Lt i t be . " 

· reak i t . R ht?" 

e sad : 

He bunched h i s hand ·nto a d hel d i t cl enc ed . 

"N break it . " 

t 

Sh tr d to reac 

flot but failed . 

i'inge ut f il d • Sh •.L ed t O t { 0 tJ t 

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s easily ro en. F ~ a strong l ve na es n tro r , fiI er tha 

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the re a 

tiak s 

a.inst me . 

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Som so.id 1Ho,;1 0 you 
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t i s a. ,ains th 

trib "i cu om. t d 0 

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not answ r for 

ssed his ha a. . -

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:i:h l au he . ~nger+.t,. ••• 

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stor ea . Y nlv y 

i i ns . n Sho k he 

n yo r dece tin, ou 

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l for a mo 

u o ,,.,, ov old like thi s , vi th ou b s i de , to l o e a ll m 

t et and ~o ha e no bent , -r:ro Id be pl e nt . II 

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nG buz . n 

1L t , ow ' d - e t s , just · ·ou a.nu r . Let.. e the a.;.· 

a.n b just n old , an i: ho at t ends to hi s cattl e . t us o e to a 

of and outside the c i t , 11 bul a nd H'i.; i o 1 11 

you :mu: b en in the a h il"t · t . L i t D.0' 9 
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nrn.,i n 1oul.d bo to n in , Oil ·v ou.1 e 11 · m 

bi·<>iO 0 ·h n t..: n, a.nd t i· 0 l d talk tho 

l n.d. d no 1 a 1·z111 Z- n ds ' 1 • • 
o.x . thos ,vho a t~ 1 SG ~ ,POTO!' i in yo,_ t o . ay 

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11! trt' does . n a '1 hi s n oti e,., , Jan .1:1.'? Pe:rh _p 1 t is tr • 

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mot1. .. o o h s ea- t?" 

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nm11 r i s notl i ng to 1 o i W Y 

1 cd S :rtl y . 

n J\.nd d d you t i nlc your wo1· s d c i e 

--h ,;· · h yo 1:,h ao nany yenr ... a n d 

f ool . " 

li nd t oss ed er 

I n 

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1~ 

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said . N , t H>r as nt l eness 

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II~ 0 · or 

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The snake reared i t s head .• · I t was ungl y and shiny. It ,..... s t ared 

at the boy .out of old dead eyes . 

I t will stri ke &" D bula warned and moved f orward . 

·rhe - bo,y crted : 

ft ro 1n 

At the so.rie t ine the snake st ruck. I t s forkec t ongu shot out . 

But the bo had moved.. Hi a sti ck came down smar t l y on t he snake 's 

head . 

Wi thottt. moving his eyes from the snake ,1 the boy a i.d : 

0 Do not hel p me . Pl ease . " 
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n Al¥-i.gl;J,t . .t watch out . n 

Th snake slicl forvra.rd . The boy s tood hi s ground und h i t i t 

snar·tly on the head again. The snak r eared up and sw.yed i ts head 

fr sido to s i de . As i t l ashed out , thevbot moved back and hi t i t 

on the had a s.in. ng~il y , the s e lashed Jut agai n . The boy hi t 

it agnin. • . \ 
0 Be utj ful l " Dabula whispered . 

Th snake turned its head to h1n. 

Suddenl y , as l ightning , i t 

be n vro.i ting 

The· blow was powerful . '.J..' 

• "Beautyful l '' 

the boy. 

i n agony • 

f l at head . 

t t he boy had 

and hi t hard . 

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,-eMtl d ,not s lithered away to ·the rocks.-~ t he boy ran i n a circ l e 

and spopped between it and the rocks . The snake reared up. Its f angs 

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head • s onl a met:1 s . 

nFi n e l. Fi ne S" Dabula s a i d . "Not onc e di d you make a umtake . 

·ms good . You struck j ust when you shoul d ,mov ed jus t vmeh,tiyou 

sho· ld . I t was ood t o wat ch you , boy. Not as with the oth,er one 
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when you struck i n has te and ot f right ened . Thi s was a\pl ea sure t o · 

watch. There i s skill i n your hands , and y our eyes are like the eyes 

o:f an eagl e . It was fine . " 

Dabula ' s ent hus i asm ov r whelmed the boy . He s a i d : 

"It was noth i ng . u I n h i s voi ce was the sli ~ t est note of' boas ~ 

fulness . 

•rho boy s trai ht ened t he snak e . Dabula ensured i t for l engt 
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Dabul a looked. . 

Nt ombi stood a \"-ttl e 

How long has sh stood there? 

r a i sed hi s voice : 

ou not 

to harm. 

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w nuch ha s she heard. and s e en? He 

snakes , boy! One day you ii l l come 

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"Let e l.whi l I speak with ny s on , " Dabula said i n anger . 

"I ha a long time , " rtombi s a i d . 

t hem. Dabul a pushed t he boy i n front of him 

and turned his eyes away :f~on t liose of Nt o b i . ~he ca:r.ie on
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size o the sake. The enor 'ty of it took hor breat h away . She 

sat on a bo 1d rand looked at her son. S sml'l ll , only ten , and he 

had kille tis horrible ting. She aised he. yas to his f ather . 

to 

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r Dabul u •••• " 
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"D bula ••• • " 

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nna.bula •••• 

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sorry. I pronise •••• " 

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huts and ate thei food i n th op n under th stars . 

1t om . shed her i ze i n the manner her mothers had done for 

enerations . She put the ize in a wooden oontainer made of the 

holl i\,ed- out tTunk of young tree . Yli th a clean, smoo h , flat- edged 

piec of .,;tout ood,, she ounded it rhythmically t ill 1 t was crushed 

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worien as hi s wife . What would Ntombi say to havi ng a white skinned 

sister •••• , Wai t •~il e •••• 

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would she have it on her f ace 

ture of whiteness t hat rose to 

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tri ed t o see it . The only pio­

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f a lo- t _a il hair on herrrt 

int o gusts of l uu hter . 

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r1You wit 

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hi s f ace . lie put some of the buf­

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l a hter had passed. 

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fro ed . 

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n llcomozi and Gubuza t a l k of the peopl e with whi t a ski ns and 

straight hair that cover their f aces as well as thei r h ead . I tried 

t o see you like that." 

ff . y? Vlhat do you an, why?" 

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western bJ.-lls and took the , rnth out of the vall y . Young boys drove 

their herds before them i n search of greehpastures . A 
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women walked dovm to th rive fro the city. On t heir heads t hey 
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alancea., delicately, h e earthern j,llas.. ~-m·s-IIG'rre-S'S'.'.!:"'1mt,-c:--a----&.lb4-El¼li.a. 

washing . This they would beat ggainst the Sl!looth wet s tones t i ll all 

the dirt had one out of the o.r'iJ1ents . Here and the o along the way 

flowers were opening their hroad , yellow f aces . 

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nverywhere the world was sh king i tself out of 

~lumber and coming to life , r oac ing up toward the sun. 

At Gubuza ' s hone D bula fo d anda d po di ng 

corn. 

"Dreetings , mother , " he said . 
~ 

"I en gl ad you have come , " she 

I hope she is still a l i ve . You i:.mst 

t1_V1here is the Father?" 

0 With Mzilikaz • The 

"I will go there . n 

He went to -izilikuzi ' 

is terribl e about nand1 

Dabul a . " 

s sic! with the loss of her . " 

all there , the generals 

s lid over La.nga ' s tac and 0 8.llle and La.nga and old Ukonozi . 

t o rest on 1 zilikazi . 'l'he k i sat hunchec1 i n a 

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..4 mf()811 for hin to hol d ..__. 
nd made htm" sight l ess . He up . 

di d not look up wh n _people c e or w nt . Not a 
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n, Dabula thought 

man , only the shado and rvel cd a t the dari ~ of his thought . Not a 

of a man. rear h i sat o ozi , hi ~ darting eyes bri ghter than ever , 
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fl ickering frompn_e :fa c e to the other . Gubuza at where the king 

normally sat and 1 'a bat was i n the J .ce o G bnza . 

n y lords , " Dabula s id . tho ht : 

: ing and ' 'abato. is Gubuz • B t v1hil e 

king , i t woul d not allow •rabat a as Gubu 

"I ' m gl ad you ' v co e, ' Gubuza 

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and cold , ~atch ul , l i 

s 

s i f Gubuza is the 

llow Gubuza as 

l ooking t h..'..m. He 's ·ha.rd 

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o·t;hers too . They are all 

"There nay be work 

lc:.itin"' for their prey . 

Gubuza s ·d. 

r" thing . 0 ... 

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hi s l ife . Gubuza v, 

lie hesit ted then went 

king bet rnen h1 ... 1 and 

:nger s t o hin. Yet he had known then all 

h r , yet -he ms a stran er to be :reared . 

s i de that put the 

the safest man i n the room. 

om.ozi cuuld not now watch hi s f ac e as he could those of all the 

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head ·should rs d oped . Her fi er rer e intcrt 'ii a an pressed 

a ,ainst h r stoHach as tho h to keep · t i n pl • Over her whol & 

bei~ · s an a r or concentr t d :rear . Dabula t ou ht of Umindi and 

felt pity f or t h i r l . He t ried to see er f ce . Her head 

wap s 1k t oo low on her chest . 

He 

Gubuza s d : 

nyou are the u een ' s mai ? " 

The irl whi spers : 

"Yes , m: lord . " 

"\Then 'Jas the las t tin e 

"he ni ht before l ast , 

" I n her hut , l ord . " 

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t 

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1 ord . ' 

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s sti the 

Gubuz sai d : 

~di . 

" V at of?" 

no one?0 

, l ord . " 

"I was afq i d , l ord . " 

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nchild . " 

"Co.m. nea1• m· • " 

She moved a l ittl e . 

She took a few more steps . 

"Still nearer , child" 

Sha drag ed herself close vo in. 

nGood owl ok at ne . " 

Slowl y sh r ised her head . 

rt nto my eyes . n 

Iler eyes touch d his . 

rr o Do not ke your eyes 

·Terror shw e i n them. 

si htless . Look at me . n 

d m to his feet . 

t:e rs showe. 

'Chi l -• ' 

ny 

,y s . ff 

"G b za , lo a. . n 
"You !mo v my posit ion?" 

T'Yes', lor • n 

"Say it . n 

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n l y t e kin •s • lor •" 

".:lo other man?n 

ni o other 1an. lord . " H r y s " · tea vay . 

"Loo t me , ch d i ' 

Sho s rung th a a ck. 

"Rav y u co.r d n speak f m:y • ath?" 

"Yesl l ord . t It could 1a. . :l be he d . 

ttLou cr l " 

"Yes , l or , 

"T en v1hy do you lie to _ e " 

nn sai • • • ff 

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ncaptainl " 

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s ) l ,..d . n 

"lie said h , ··1ou.ld ut a pla ue of death on my f l y • lord . 

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1 or a ,onent Gubuza s t ared blankly at her then he nodded. 

" lfo ham will come o you or your people , child . Go . " 

• 

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door . He called a warrior nd said : 

"T e her to her peopl e . " 

As he turned 

olwane . •. .n 

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blow that sent bl ood spurting fro of his thin f ace . Then 

h kicked hi twic e i n the f a ce b fore Gubuza got hol d of h and 

drag~ed hin back to his pla ce. 
V 

" illin (vil l not help , " sai d . ns1t dovm t" 

Gubuza turned to l tongol ne . 

"Is she dead?'' 
,,,......., 

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Ilzilikazi up . 

"Hold hi m, D ordered. 

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~tongol w ne t ook a step back. 

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"She i " al e-, " !Izi ikez sa ·.d .. I wip d the back of his hand 

across hi s e ei;~~ abula :..elt relie d .i. 

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W'fo .. :I6nti , lord . n 

Mzilikazi op d hi ~ head on .is 

"Wh s tlflQttcli?n Gubu a a s ked . 

".t: at _s al , ' Gubu a sain. . 

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t oo -

"T e r e ra d -P r t enohery is death, n Ta bate, s aid coldly. 

rTake hin, " Gubuza said . 

u An the th - "' se 1odioine 

raisin:;, -s·th~r hi'"' had or his voice . 

h aptai n dra0 ge Ntoneol wah 

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What have you done?11 z · lik z'· a 1:3ke softl • 

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t1S0 i t i s death . 71 er vo.io T ' personal . 

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for more ye rs han he could rene ber- . But she llo.d al Jays been 

t he king ' a wife . One o:V many . The oldest . Ne r a p _ s n .. How b i ah 
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"Why di d. you d th· s thing?' Hi s voio was so soft , it was a. ost 

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see it . 

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l i ke bu s but wer not . To the f aces of these ani mal s wer e tied 

leather thongs with which they gui ded them. On the backs of the ani ­

mals were seat s on which t..:1ey sat . A l eat her thon h g fro each side 

of t he ani nal . Into these t hey pushed their f eet and bal anced themsel , 

es . And , i n :front of h . 1, with one hand on i t , ea ch man carri ed a ,, 

pi ece of wood into which a s worked a round piece of iron . 

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pletely covered with hair so tha t only '• the nose d eyes and· I oreheaid 

showed . nd these were white l No , not vvhit e , but a r edness mi xed nth 

white t 

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of a surpassi ~ strangenes . fen unlike all other men. 

men dreVi near . Still Dabula could not move . 

Paul Van As tuned to 1oses s t . 

"AllU sus n Have you ever s een anyone like hi m. Look at 

that f a ce . Look a those shoulder s l Look t that chest ~ Look at t hos e 
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ar 1 What a ria:g, l H can ' t be one of these Barolo • They have some 
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urr i , one , " Uoses s ai d . "Perhaps he is one of these 

Iatasoriet hi w hear of . " 
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'Matabele i s the word.... No . He w uldn ' t be here . " 

''God , an , people are begin_Tl.ing to t lk of the my ou lix 
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with these !af f irs . You learn their language and sit and talk •iith - ~ 

then as i f they are white • nny of out people don ' t like i t , Po.Ul . ' 

0 We 1ve got to know them if we are going to liv with them. " 

"You do too much knowi ng . he kaff irs will get ideus . n --You speak l ike Yoos Jansen. " 

''J sen i s ri ht there . I don ' t like h i m but he ' s r i ght . " 

hey pulled up their hor ~eft beside the 

"Greetings , " Paul sai d i n the 

0 Greetings , " Dabula said. 

the Barol ong. 

"You are not of these 

"No . I f l ed the wrat h lly hone i s n the north . " 

n lliat does he say?" M ses asked . 

n.He ' s fron the north . n 

nThen I vro.s ri 

"No. e ' s also 

"God l As bi as 

" 
then. 1 

nne says re big to f lee iron any ne . " 

llatabele are strongor an bigger than I am. Even 

snallest aI:1.ong the i s bi gger than I a:m."J 
~ 

"What " s he say? •loses asked. 

Paul. told him. 

nne l i es , " Moses sai d . 

tt"fuat doe, he so..y?" Dabµl a ask d . 

ttHe i s f t l l ed ·with surprise . " u1 sr. l ed . 

ff d you who are so strange to l ook at , " Dabul a said . Where are 

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"Ahd bef'ore t hat?'' 
. 

"Before that our ancestors oame frori a cros s the sea s in ships . " 

"Ships?" 

"Huts that travel on ater . " 

nrhis is stran e . " 

rt\ t ' s he saying now?" oses wanted to know. 

"tie wants to knov, wher e we are from. " 

"And yo re t lling hin l " 

"- e tol d us uhere he was fron.. " 
,r 

"JesusJ Pail l You are a kaffirboetie . Let ' go man. n 

uwe must 11 v e with these people. n / 

,,your fri end is angry , ...,, Dabul a said / "Why . n 

"It is because he cannot speak with us . n 

Dabul a u ·1ed . Paul ret ned the s- le . Their eyes met . 

asked . nv er e do ou journ y now?" 

« Soon we w~l l go north , t o t 

teach them a l es s on and then 

of the Ma t ab l e . t- ·will 

l ive i n peac e ,..n 

"Why do you leave your 

bele? 'l'hey will not like it and 
\ 

know. I have seen it . Dea th c be s'udden. tt 

lan<J. of he t ata­

in t heir wrath~ I 

'In the south be free . v-e seek a la.nd of our own 

where we can ba . n 

nBut why go to the J nd of' the 1 atabele'?" 

uyou speak as if you wish to pr t ect them. " 

"I spea~ i n warning for I know the ·wrath of the ·atabele . " 

0 Then fear not ~ our wrath oan be greater . " 

ncome o , .t"Uul S ·1sie will start v1orryi n • You know how s}ie is . 

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Fi ne thing to tel l her 1e re ate -for fo~ heoause you stopped and tal k-

ed to a f f i r 
-=-

on the way . " 

Paul sai t o Dabul a : 

~ ust go . rt 

fuere do you journey?" 

"To the l and of the Basuto. " 

0 Go well , my friend . ff 

0 Go well , white nan. 11 

The t wo nen rode a • they were round the ai de of the moun• 

tai n , Dabul a turned and began to run . 

boys and the boys would tell them. He 

t hey would meet the 

o e ve--•y f ar i n case they 
thou\\ 

returned on t heir ani l s . ! hose as 'ft ey coul d mov e 

fast and f a . He l eft the track skirt ed the mo 1tain. He ~ent 

down i nto a cleep v~lley . lie e ,uld be l npos ~i bl e fr thos e ani na.l s 

t o come . H cl bed out of tie aight ahead , t o the l e~ , 

was hi s ,ay . Suddenl y he reme -

s . The Father had spo;ken of them onc e . 

on he had -i s ited the ·ing of the Basut os . 

V S ray bet ween t wo nountat 

bered the names of those 

The Father ha ridden the 

s . 7t must be easy on a nan ' s strength to r i de 

on t 1e:m.. 

Harriors who di d not 

and wer e easily beat . 

l ost his strength by not t esting i t each duy 

their s t en t h ach day gre ·r fat and weak ,' 

of' strengt . Bti l l , i t would be ni ce 

to r i de on those t hi n n vhen a nan ~as t ire . 

At a s t eady trot he cli.. bed the h ig_1 1 nd b et ween the t wo moun­

tains . 

~o t h e words of th~ boys er e true . These s trange nen were goi ng . 
nor t h . frheir plan was to nake mr on t he 11at abele. Sonething about 

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them made the thought ,~ isturbing. Of cou se , they VT -Uld b e def eated. 

But s till , the sens of dis turbance was there and 'WO\lld n ot l eave , 

h i m. -erhaps it vms because of their strang ness , beca se o:r tho 

hair on their fac , because they were so unlike other nen . Yes , 

I 

perhaps it was that . The one who h d spoken to him, now he s a fine 

nan. s 1 for n war~ior , but a fine nan . I t v i n his hand and i n 

h s eyes and in the sound of his voice . A fine .an . One to t al k with . 

Oh to go back and arn those at hone of tho conin, of these Boers . 
/ 

I f they are all like that one it wo d be best to o that . I t v1ould 

b est to hav the arny prepared or 
/" 
rained and ready . The '1 , 

tenptation to turn for h , was st ron • e eached the su 1 • t of the 

land bet i· en the tvm nou.1-t ins and 

lif' as far as his eyes ooul see 

;:ed -back. ''here we.s no s.:_gn of 

,, 
t eve_ so , :this lan · s hostile . Wa k wit h oar~ an , v k 

~1th care . Hornit is rar 

Even eno·· · es wit_ reddish 

with car ~, nan is. 

and about , all a o t , r.:re enemi es . 

ha::.r on t eir faces . W lk 

down into Basutoland . Far across hill s e turned tnd ~rrietl 

and valleys , th~ a Dist of 

stron hold o the ki ng of th 

distance , he 

Dasut os , Thaba 

s a·· the hi h mo t a i n 

Bosigo 1 & ~~ 1 IJ,fbh 

It was early the next mo ning vrhen Dab l a reach 

stro hold where lioshesh, ki n 
"Do.N1,J . 

and poi nt c. hl_ out as a strange • 

of the Basuto , r 

'

1

h y tal ed 

the no 

oople 

ong th 

savf 

elven . 

But they le~t hin l one . No one ask d hi · s business . No· one tr ied t :Q 

s top hin . .. · his was strange . But th F th a er had said he would find 
the ··,mys of i;} ·J;1';! 1~eo1)·1.:; ~-t 1-an e l!;,·t~ l" · t 

~ - • 1o .. ;;;;, '- · ... , a. ~l. y where s t r an ers moved 

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at \i · 11. cou d be easily -overwhelmed ,. 

It was on:i,.y when he r eached th foot of the mountain itself that 

soldiers stopped hi , and asked hir his business . And such strange 

soldi rs they were & No · 11ta.ry lo:rnation1 Mot , the eari 

Just ordinary nan • .de pulled hin.sel r up and said : 

of warrior s 
e 

nr an Dabula , Captain of all the king ' s arm.es . I am the per ... 

sonal .essenger of .Mzilikazi , ki ng of the Hatabele , :master of' all the 

no:Dtll_a.nd , lord of e th and sky . In the nane of Mzi likazi , i n 

then e of the great Bubuza , I wish to speak yo your king. " 

'l'h.e- leader of the soldiers who were not as soldiers , ::mi d: 

_,_ c;;;;-~~ come , Dabul a , and I rill lead you to !fos}1esh . " 
tf\ l~ Sf Y 11abula f ollov; d the nan up to the very heart of t e 1ou.n.tain 

'~4'-'/ 
,.,.,,. of 1':ight , When they reached tho top , tha .,.,ast st etch -r f at l and 

.surprizea. hi 1_. So nuoh l and on top o'• a nou tain . But eben more 

suxprising was the size of the hut s . Their shapes ho hud observed and 
-

narvel eel at down in th0 valley. '11riese huts were not r ound but rec­_,,., 

Ula . An~ these up 1her, were bi 

Hir, guide led hin nto the lar ·ea 

vns finely tu.:rnisl:red . 'rhe !1.la-1 

l ed to anoth r p t( Ai'ter 

•co e , • / 

e.1. huts tl~ . he h :i ever seen. 

hut th~t had many chambers 

lli n E1ml v.-r"ent t rou a <loor 

retur ned . 

He l ed tiabula through _ .. doorways into a rooT:J. w re u n sat 

at a tabl e . ~ ere he left 

Da.bu.la stop H1c.l tLead . The man vias talldng to a mite man, one ·1ike 

those c had et on the way , But this one had no hair on his face . Ila 

thouisht : the one who sits must be aoshesh . 

,oshesh l ooked up and said : 

Cnsit , young an . I v.rill speak with you soon. ' 

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A s trange one to be ld.ng , this . Very small.,~ a k!'.:'!EJ• And no 

si II of the war_ ior about him. And he was essed in clothes that 

wer sha ad l i ke ah n bod • The kind of olothes whi t ~ en wore • 

But so sr.iall :for a king . Yet the ather had spoken hi ·i,~ of'.h i n1. 

Very hi y . Hi s head ms b i g , especially his foreh ad . His voice 

had the tiredn ss th twas i n the Father's and i n that of old Jkom zi . 

And his yes , vhen he looked up, ' ere the eyes It was as 

· 1e. Even if sadn ss ne er left the • Yet h i s niouth 

now as he tal ked with this no hair on his face . 

marks on a f l at white 

bl a ck l i quid 0 Vlonderwhat 

neck eans i i ust be a sign of 

And while oshesh talked , t his whi te 

sheet with a feather he kept 

the i te band round 

his positi n . But people usua oarried such things round their heads 1 

he 

The white 

nwell oun 
11 

and l eft t he roon . As he passed Dabula , 
. 

qsoftness i n hi s eyes . 

• How short he was l Yet for all hi s m or tness , 

know he was ~ \.ing . 

Dabula• quar d his ·shoulder s , raised his head , towe ed over 

the king . 

"Mosh sh1 Kin of the Basuto l I greet you i the name of zili-
• f - '; 

kazi , king of the Matabel ., lord of th • 
1-1 

"Yes , y s ••• lord or the northl d and all the other thi 

I know all about them •• • • Tell ne , how is rw f...: • end Gubuza?" 

feeling of being l aughed at . Yet the king 

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"y lord Gubuza , comr:iander of 

In his name I veet you too . " 

l the king ' s a rles , is well . 

"Young nan.," 
!4 J..~f"' 
"Have you a father?" 

"Mo,lord , .. :ry l ord Gubuza i s a s, my father 0 ' 

1 Then you mus t be the youn man called Dabul a of whom. he 

spo e to e son.et · es . I am gl ad to reet you, boy •••• Now wait . Do 

not s peak yet •••• Tell me , when you· spea~ t o Gubuz a. , do you use a.11 · 

these t itles before you say what . us t be sai 7' .: 

0 No• my lord . 0 

n 'bu have a fe? " 

"Yes , lor •" 

"Wel J._; tel l me , when you a s k 

1 I Dabula , Captai n of the Wflll!!!tl!!!!lll. 

the northl ands nd all those 

Dabula want beer .' o you 

/ 

sOlilL~ur wif do you Say: .,, 
/ r es of ·zilikazi , lord ot al l 

, 

thi ngs you oall h lord of , I 

to er '?" 

·0 No, l or , am not on the king ' s busi nes s . n 

ff a. a l ways , on t king ' s business , you ust use 1 th t 

l anguage?" 

" 

I 

grow t i red?n 

oust om, lord . n 

never grow tired?" 

No , lord. 

Fr~h~ look i n hi s eyes , Dabula saw the king did not bel" ve 

hi m. But th k i ng only nodded hi s head. 

ni t i s so then ••• ,. NOw l i s t en, yo n . The oustoms of 

peopl e l'& no1; t"!:le f:sama as the oustor.1S of rui.:,~her peopl e . To be a 

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good nessenger for your king , i t is not enough tha~you alleMi know 

onl y your vm cus.t am.s . For when you reach a pla c.e where the customs 

of peopl e are different , your customs may appea r foolish and people 

may l au at 

"V 10 ·1a hs at our oust , l .ord t'' 
"Kill. yo anger , young n1an. I l augh at them} my soldiers ]au h 

.. 
at th • I t is l..'...ke playi ng a game of children •••• , I , Da.bula ••• u , ' · 

The k ng pushed out his chest 

0 I t is fool ishness . " 

d imitated . the manner of Dabula , 

/'\ 
"I will do battl e with anyone for the hono of' my king l " 

-..JI 

.Moshesh l aughed . 

"No doubt , young man.... / :nd you will Win. You ar .:1r.r~i ned ·/ ,v 
to war • But there axe y ys of warfare , boy• Sometimes the ·way 

of strength i s a stupid l / . But no ore o~this •••• Si t down, I am 

tired of standing. "' 

of the 

ful , 

"In our· l and 
' 

"Si t ltom, 

Dabul~ ~o''""- The Captai n of the armies 

llness; this one was power­

reckoned v · t , truly a king . Under the steady 

stare of Mos esh, he l owered s eyes and waited . 

A Vnan came into the room with bowls . She gave one to the 

king and one to Dabula . When she had gone , Moshesh made a sound and 

Dabula . raised hi s eyes . Yes , tho ki ng was l aughing now, openly. 

nrn your l and i t is not a cust om t o drink b ef ore busi:o:ess , 

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"Well, drink. " 

'!hen the b wl s were t.~, Moshesh s a i d : _ 
,r -"You hav come on a long journ y , You were lu ry and t sty. 

Tell ne , which is better , to have 

''To h ve runk. n 

u or not to ha e a. --unk?" 

nyet i t is not your c s t om. " 

Dabula was silbent . Again the soft , merry · 1aughter of the 1d ng 

f the Ba.suto filled the room. 

'Listen, boy : wisdom s ays a s tranger shoul d know the customsof 

the peo le ong wh he is • 'l'hus , with 

he can wrap the r o d his little f i er and 

Always , t his w y is more po erfu 

Now, .for the bl a ck people , ' it i s 

speak of ueen Mnandi," 

nThen s eak. n 

0 :rt is whispered that she 

"I come to take to my lord , the king . " 
.,, 

c stoma , 

do h is bidding . 

y o:r the spear o 

You co e to 

"!1' she wishes , young nan •••• I f not , a l .l the po er of' zili-

kazi , .1 the spears of h is soldiers , will not remove her from the 

protection of Thaba Bosigo . " 

Dabula t hought for a while then s aid : 
.,,.--

HJ'ia.y I speak to her , l.ord ?...,.lilll!ill.,,..The king wishes her noia:nn. • 
-\;;o · ee 

Those who hav conspired against .her are dead . You ha e but te deep 

s a dness of the king to kn w he oo ld never harm mandi • tt 

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because some medic ine en had seen a str~o 

~~ -
n i n her ohambe • " 

a 

I ' ey 
"All lies ,'\J lord• It s cons iraoy beflteon io-:t enti who 

ea_ us of h ~· ~ d ~tongolwane who sought owe . Thai pl an was t o 

ak har fear · d lee. In t at t e 
' 

,, 
succeeded, but now "they are d ea , 

"A. d .Mzi likazi , perha s i n t he ack of his mind there linge s 

_l belief in t ~ e l ies?" 

" fo, lo d. Cf that lo_ d Gubuza hi msel f told ne to tell the 

queen. They have eaten their lies and d nounoe each other . n 

"If Gubuza says so ••••• " 

"e does , l ord . tr 

"Goo • You c m s e her . Ho 1 ou w· 11 b iven chamber and 

oan v sh and rest • Toni or tom.orro 1 you can spe k · to t e een . n 

abul _ thov. ht, of the t m ·vr. i te nan . They were oi n north t o 

ke vrar on the iatabele . omething about the ma.de hi m anxi ous to 

get back nd vmrn the Fat her . 

"On th journey he:i:e met two white men with hai on thei r 

:fa c s . " 

"Boers . " 

"Yes , l ord. One s poke to nc in th ton e of the Barolong . He 

said they were ourncyin north t our l ad . Hes i d they would nnke 
/ 

war on s . I f · t pleases my lord , I woul d aee he q een now·. I am 

eager to :r-eturn to B.Y people t t I my warn Gub za of' the co 

of these strange en. tt _ V 
Moshesh got up , walked to the doo·, d called s ebod • He 

J 

returned and stood in r ont of Dabuln . On his f a ce \las the sadness of 

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'You v sa , ny son . ou · · 11 speak to the qu en . If she 

·dshe w:i.th you , you can o as soon a s y l ike . But fi rst 

l isten t o n m· ds , an l ir,ten caref ly, chil d, fo_ i t i s a ave 

t hi n f · h i 11 I speo. • 

" ¥hen ou get back t o .your l and , g o a t once to Gubuz a and give 

hi s thi s message . Tell hi !.1 his friend , oshesh , o? . ds t h t he does 

not fi ht v t thes Boers . The ha e t rribl weapons d at t l e 

with th n i s . t ·wis • Tel l hin I say he nus t a lk with then peaoef'ul, 

l y , and whil 11 tal ks ti th the:m, I . will nw.ke a t, eaty with the 

nglish. re the v ords clear in y ur brain?" 

"Yes , l ord. ft 

"Thon r aat them to e . ff 

UBut you t old thon t o e . n 

ft 0 as I sa b y tn , 
"I am t o tel l Gubu .... a :not to k e war i.rl t ·the oers . " 

"I am to say r wi th th n i.s not ~se . 0 

'Right • " 

"I fill to say he :ust t k vd th the .1 p a ceJ.ull: ake 

a ••• 

ttNow you seo why I v nt y u. t 

•10 d t h t eo.ns that ot, 

treaty. I t i s a 

wars f o_ you o The Engll,h 

o.:re other white eo o rerful t -n the oe s . I t is wis e 

0 us then. e Bo _s say thy wil l 

protect you . Th • is v a treuty . n 
I 

nwe need f rOlll ot her peopl e . Wi th our sp· 
M 

• ff 

0 Q,uiet childl You don ' t lmow what you s peak of . Tel1 my fri end 

C, U'7.a t T h s:i ,r ,j ii ti ____ ,...___ ~--•- '1.... .! -

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warni ng not tor· t th se B8ers ., " 

n n , · f t h ey at ack?" 

0 

ft rhaps they vTll l not , but e.ven i i' t'ie 

ny na.t 1 n age o hi s ,. l ord " 

~, 
do , don ' t fight them., " 

'The n wa.:rrior 

do • I ha o live · re anl 

ainl 

have 

Fool l I t s the l a :ua a of v,i s ­

rved these po l e . You ~n t he 

north have not . I know what I speak o:r . ou ' h , un n t Repeat 
· and 

my essag t o Gubt za ., That s all . I f you do not'(i ·ve , you w 11 r em ... 

berths day for a l ong tin and you i l l eat orb ea st i n vain 

mourni t ill t he day you die , I 'ow ·what I pe 1" of •" 

1oshes h vent back to h i s chai r and sa s tarinu i nt o space . s 

eyes war hoo ea and the shadm o eop sadness se ed ca s t over hi s 

carved out; of rock, n ot Q. pQ;t't f h oved . 

To Dabul a it so hE did not n breathe , ft r a .,_on tin e , he 

st i rr d , put hi s th t n . 
' it.I t nd l ook 

,-.. 
0 ened d ~m a t i t , 

s if spe 'ng to h . ,.. he t1UI'Lltl.1"Cd : 

,,-, " \'Jhon a nan has tio s e .. , i t . 
s d r:r·c t , sonet i es 

1 possi bl e , ro:.:- h."..n to by his head . be ..,..t is s o h ere • 

n:r. y lord ?11 

nr t i s nothi ng , chi ld. " 

Fron the door cone the so d of voices , th€n 

r oo , Then n got up. 

ndi entered th 

0 Du ul a u sh aid . uoh Dabul a l " ) 

t d hL 1 t l L o Ht o:mbi • 

"I cher 1 gr 'Ct you ., 11 

n ·/hat is n evts o my lord and o I nzwinya.I ? " 

fl 

" 11 Inzvlinyani weeps .,;or the sadneos of t he king s •eat at the 

, ...,. ,., . o±_ 

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"Nt ongolvrane said :Uzili1::azi ms preparing my death . n 

ttAll lies , other . '11h sch m.ers thensel · s a e died . " 

Mnan. i lowered her lead . Aft er a while she sa:d : 

"It is a heavy burden t o car :y the a.ea't;h of' other&J.'h 

'But they plotted your destruction l " 

n · en so , Dabula . I t i s a heavy burden. . . .. And. ey lord?" 

"Hi s heart i s heavy. His an ish i s terrible to see ,_ co e to 

t ake y ou to hi , ~ other , 
-::;:.. 

or only thus of his heart 

be r lieved . n 

H0 sh.esh s aid : --..... 
- - -
a0n1y i f' you rlsh , n y sister . If ;i u · sh t o st y here , thi s 

i s your home nnd no nan will t· ke 

"And if I 'tvish to go?" 

"Th 

11Thank you , 

good , v r y ise . 

he Basuto,· you are e kind ,' very 

a l l men had your v1isdo •• • • t I f l ed :t"i." om 

I nz~lnyani- and f_om my lor because I feared hi s wrath . I feared that 

he would k i ll ne in h i s rrath • • •• Nov, , why, i f' his \'!l"rath is n ot age.inst 

me , if' No- [enti and nton ~vane l ied , · th~I nus t return t o my l ord , 

for b.e ie ny lord . Where is a woman ,' s place if not. with her man! I 

vdll e ~ e with you D bula , for I , too , am sad with l d.n ing for 

my man and for my city and ny 

ou have been kind , ,oshesh , but I woul d go hon e . u 

11 o it shal e , andi •••• This young n wanto to start his 

journey now for he wants to warn h i s people of the co .i 

Boers . I thi nk i t ls a vlise thing to do. ' 

"I am ready now. " 

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"Good. I wil l give orders t hat ponies be made ead and pr ovi­

sions peke :ror you. Some of my en wi ll guide you t i l l you are out 

o dan er f:ron the BaroJ.o or the Boers . Si t , sister , while I tel l 

then t n e ready• " 

M h(l l'.I.J.i. s eated hers el and turne to D bula . 

nTell ne , Dabula , h o w- i s !ltO"..nbi and the li•t;t l ones?n 

While he answer ed her uesti ons , Dab a wonde ed whether ~t onbi 

would stil.l be th r e when he ot back . So o.ny th ngs he nted to t 1~ 

to h r about . So many thi ngs he wanted t o tell h ,r . He ' d had t to 

t · nk on this l ong j ourney to the south and he vra.nted to share is 

t ho utfwi th her . He wanted to expl a i n about Umi ndi n.nd a l s o to tell 

her about hi s tr a chorous thou htS on Gubuza . e ' d had a l ong t e t o 

t ,h i nk on t,hese thin s . 

d he woul d talk to omozi too . 

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land is empty of a ll people . Even the ani l s have di sappeared . The 

onl y sound i n all the land is t h heavy t ramp oft eir feet . They e 

bi gger than all t h bi g en I have ever seen. Thi s i s the end of 

day , ·foshesh. " 

"Ar e e a l ready t:nishe t hen?" - _.) 
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"Yes . To do battl e with ther i s i ol ish'. . tr ~ 

"l t i s aid they destroy whnt i s befor them wh thcr .it f i ghts 

or not . " I "I have henrd . n 

nyet yous y i t is f ool ish to do battl e . " 

"Loo . " I 
:Uosh sh po · nted . o ·m the sun- kissed valley, b t ween t'vm oun­

ta nz , can the eolu.:mns f the Zitlu : pis . Their bri ht s pears glit­

t ered i n th sunl.:. t . They :m.oved i n tight f'ormat ion , l i ke a hu e 

body with only one 

L t el e said : 
,,,..-;... ------

eart b at . 
v 

."Th r · s de th over us . I ca f eel i t s ·s u · m . .. " 

Th i mpi s drev b ear . The eyes of .loshesh wer e shrouded t ill i t 

seemed he was asl eep on his feet . he i pi s wee near the o tin of 

U ht . Soo they woul d start cl· bi ng i ts t rra oed steps . 
/ 

Who had aver rithst ,od the power of the Zul us? Who could? Who 
+-t, 

could c u p the t ·r r ibl ar · es of Chaka? All the nations and 
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tribes in al:'1 the l and _1ad gone down w en the es of Chaka passed. 

' 8:I:J0til'O -ane ,Um:t be!'! H,}.e bab t1e•o!,Y 

\Jeep or the Ba s.u '~o. Woep or these all- boned peopl e . Weep 

for the Ho nt a i n of Hi ght . We ep . for t he bl ood of the mothers and child 

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ot Dt1r1utoland. Ui{'.")lt io over th f 1 unt ns , ·rv t hild- on 

who 1 v peao d th l.l· Olt.1 s nd th, t ·· 111 > ot hoir lanu • . , P; 

_or the ru..@l f th Zu u. pc r is hor • ·1 p. 

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o oth r oka 1::n.t; h d b n fl oh d mu rru:no ..) 

d b m y ey 1in1 o. li n , to n , cn,.. o · l.cx n th roll.ed th roe .. 
; . 

t th tho t, r .... o d ate C f th "1 1Unt in o Hi1:)1.t . :.t:h y br r,11t 

tnin of rockn . 

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had e ched the oot of th o 

on its y up . 1th y no <1. 

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at the bottom. 
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I oshesh ' s o · ce h ld no feeling s h id : 

~ y oun. 

speed as they 

d a rock . Al l the roc!:s noved . They gat h er ed 

ovec dov the ter __ e d st- ps . The spread . '.Phey we --e 

an e. .... l anohe . The arriors of Chaka ere directl in the path of the 

roe s . 'lh :' c s er gJ.ed then and sent them h tldng do v. the te raced 

s t eps . 

at the otton. I 

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:i..n r ushi ng their fellows 

A evr of th Zul us were l ~i . hal ay up the terrac e . Mos h sh 

said : ? 
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( nGet t ul lf 

Youn n .1.1 h r.:. e c o m. . 

n !'e rock 1" 

Pe pl e ent av y and r e~urned with more rocks and piled them p. 
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Th peopl nar el ew' b obe ed Moshesh . Te put oi nt ments on 

c.1s 01· tl e two n . 
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Th t mes ; th Zulus t ied to et p ·to the t op . Three times 

d o~ then and they r1er er shed . On the thi d •t ime , lloshesJ:1 
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called h ue t an ai : 

o down . as .:uch nois as you can on 

th wr•y . Shout anc1 s crean and nake Y"J oi ces fi r o r than you know 

how t b • ut watch ut l If they do not 1: 

si,:;n t~ at ·:.,h ..r muld b t t l e ,ti th y ou , turn and hm:ry back and we will 

ho.ve more rocks . If they run , chase then a litt le v y and t hen ret · n. 

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Get sone fat cattl e •••• Women, get 

t ake as pres nts to them. rr 

some 

It , as thu_s , then, on the third time . The vrar i ors of Chaka 

vere baf'fled . They had never fou l'ht any e emy such a s this • . Ad!: enemy 

~if&. This was not wa • How could a :man fi~ht ;,; ith unseen 

ene· es who never cam into the o en? his was like f i ghting iith a 

worn.a , a hopeless affair. 

hey we e cont'used and discoU!'a ed an....,d f 'rustrated "1hen the 

terrible ell o the Basuto broke on their ears . Without stopping 

to see w at wo. co ng , thout thinkin , they-turned and ran. 

.A grea.t shout went up f ron Tl1a a Bosigo . · he Zul us were rum.1 t 

The most terrible arny in al l Africa was rrmning J Th nen or Chaka 

were runn·ng t Oh beautyful d y l 
Meh 

Aft r the shouti "' vv1ent the nen and ,omen 'fith presents • and 
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the' ai dens mn their bri tly oolo~red cl othes . 
v 

tiben the Zulus stopped betwe _n the two ountains to tind rut 

what hat na.d th n run , they were met by singing men m1d women, bri 

ing then prese 

ft, t 

Anong themsel s , they s a i d : 

e are thes ?" 

u 'Thy do they ehave tll s? 

".Jirst t e :r:. ht l · ke v onon then they send gift s •" 

"A strange peo le indeed . t1 

S tlle captai s and the ordinary soldiers s oke amo~ the1:1Selveo 

· rals , Hz lik z_ 

en ·thfdr gane ­

d Gub 1za ,- ..o :1.e fron their observat ion p0st to find 

out what ha nnened , the soldiers or o ed round the 1 and 11 spoke at 

once , tolling i n loud voices of this strange was that w s not a v: r- . 

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Mzilikazi a_d G buza _ooked at each other . In a.n c,aaze voice , 

i k zi said to G1 uza : 

lf ! t is not as · l e l OUr a · has eon dcfe ted witho t f hting 

a battl e . An .ehold l sold ers dance ith the daunhter ~1 of th ir 

vi toi·s nd dr·ink be or 'Vli th thos o have vanquished thon. It is 

not possi le , GUl) . a ! 1 

.they oo \.ec. aronn then. Anet it.. ,;as o . E r 7:ier s l "i ("' .., of 

th ' - r.i es of ha a d a ,.. and danc d and lau hed \Tith nen nd , en ' 

and yo g ,·,a•· dens o f' tl.t.e Basuto . 

G 'buza saic , st 1 ling in bew1ld. ent j 
-;-~_;_ ____ _ 

tr et look, r"~i1•· _~ zi l I t has happened . r 

1 Chalra rill nevor belj_ove :tt ~, 

"I do not . Yet it is here for 

'- st an.oe nan ind d . n 

Lit ele came up to them. 

nnex 

" ave 'l· r · oits of C aka1 I 

~y eop_e , to lead you to i n that 

ie ha?" 

oo JJJa.nd d b 1osh sh , f ther o:r 

do you hon r . ' 
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Tllo , ro yo 1qest ganer 

Gubuza n dded . H~i ,.a.zi said : 

r•Lead u:s , n 

Chaka ' s s l ooked at euc 1 othe:v; 

t the t ·waited for then, Behind h 

his oplo were r 'funt b i en thee Z lus 

wero l 1.Iosh sh ha<l to til llio in order that hi e es t mat 

~ 

'I gr-eet brave h ono ~" you in the 11 e of ny 

shall be yc,,u s , J. o he_·e is only riendshi f 

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· n any cat t 2.e ; f l' w kn 1 the li_ o a s old er of Chaka __ s s acred 1 

• I t n our he rts is only the nsh fo_ : oaao . i s wi t t · s peace I 

greet yo •"' . 
l, 

irz i ·azi s i d : 

~ ~eet ·ngs , oshesh . 

Gubuza sai d : 

""trange nan , th B2..suto , ' but I f ea r t here 
of' 

i nu.ch cunning i n you otr u -t; strange battl e t-!h.i:th 

you 11a~e won r fought . n 

Ioshesh rai sed _ i ,s eye 'i:io t 1ose of t h yo witll!L the 

_renaturel y whi te h ir • .. hei 

A s r ange hal - o ilo 

" V n I l ook at yo , Gubuza , I nust lir n ad as if t o look 

at tho s i es . \vhen I am bo i cle y I an a s IA.y igny. It is so ,d'"'th 
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my people too. Ho no.n pi, es ~; il giants ?" 
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If d your an 1er ?" 

"Cunning•" 

... a il ·the WO 

n o e , l,et us 

~h othe_· . J111d no t h ey oth s led 

gay . a 

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ended , t h an t hou h t, . 

'lhat di d you say ?" 

youn 

nr do not under s tand o r mr s . " 

man ' s 

"Yet t hey ver e s i mpl e . Vlh ' t were they?" 

a ce . 

"You SA:td. i s kings wer e musters of al l the earth. " 

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"You said t h e earth was Sr.JD. _ than . I t i s t hat I do not unce r-

"Yet i t is s i pl e . 11 / 
t, t the 1hi te fat her e 0 1 us s a / ·s t he e - t r und. " 

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nr t can o t ho::; t oo . n I 
o s11e sl1 

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thei1· - one ing . 

will a sk y u a question, hit f t her t ells t he 

t imt- l1y the li tt l rJ.auhi nc lit. carries , i s t n t s ?" 

you 

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'!. _Are a new o e b e in ?" 

there hours ef ore the l it t le 

chine Cc '!. · to c ount th.et- fo ?n 

nyes , there ust ho.ve bClen , n 

"Yet you knew n t 0f then, " 
.4,1. 

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'It i s so too wit h of t he world . tt 

ttTh · n r and y ou will . -·Jhen the wh · ,P-e f at her br ought you the li tt: 
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na. wh " l c h inqui red a out this man v1ho liv a in the sky and nade 

eel n_l th ti1e , h di covered that t ere 7as conflict 

bet ween thes 1it(j peop e . Those OFl.lled 1, ers "ere a a i st t_ cs e 

call <l English. Thi s he derot od b tter th, n th~ God ho as in t h e 

sky nd r~~de peo 1~ kneel o hi n a. da • t 1e under stood a lso that 

t win the c pl · t goo· of th, white f atp.e:r , he had to become 

f oll :1; r of ... his C rristi 
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. 1 o he b oa '.1 Chr i atian and the 

_ white father said they were brotllers- in• C!· ri t . 

Ee l ea:i:.•ned uc_1 f:ron t 1e vhite . ath · , and uso hi: much . It was 

tho ~h the white f a.ther tnat he discov; re the pro-

blem. . Often they tQl ked of th6 lanu en . of tho pep- . One day , -the 

:f'nther sa.id : -" erhaps you should. r uk ur aue 

A· 8shesb. . '.L'hi s 

f t 1er fL. !"!.ined . ! s h talked , the an er oame to 

as tho vm • I t vra / the ,w.y ho au deal t with all 
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his 110J.·e powerfu nei,.f1 o r ..., ,. On , none of h i :1 n · ghb . s would go .__,, 

to ·1a:r . r J:ii..1 ,. /lnd i 1 unders~ood t, _is tre t i_htl y , and if 

:for himo h u.so ; t right _y , t e n t 

Soon a treaty W e S si ,h d anc 

1l'he of this tr 

mula. o to ., 

to _is s· ter o oss the wat r ~ 

under th orotection of the Engl i s~ 
hnJl 

i nen~ i ded Boer 

oatt l . onR . •11 1. Bof'lrs cane out i n c...::reat :roroe to attack Thaba Bosigo , 

He d.:.d not figJ t th 'I1he En;':3lish fended h ·n and is people . 

A tr·eaty was -\ctron'# t: .. in0 i.:' a n.ar.. used .~t visely . With it his 

people mi~ht live and -lour· sh ihil died and were 

destroye • Hin zist-er a ero. B t.u \m ers •• , 1 

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car f'ul _ B11S h not?" , 

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the ivcr or be b ·11 { by -th fi:i." II ;nc lil-:e \ gr nt f ire 

n.._r a ::'lm1ing i er . I f w, c1.o :iot Jtl'" ,·th cure , o e o tie oth r 

v: i l d ~tro us . 'l'he de.ys hav 

the_· v r0 no in tes and z...,11 

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brm.1~:1t u i nutes. and seC'ouds . 1'f • it io not th sane day4! not the s e 

gg ·r , . r d . Yet i t i s the 

s e . Uo the s y t · 1e an • · ' r us"v v,r.~lk rith care , my so· 

"roshesh s t_ a · ghtenet! hi b .... ck a t sta · d st :r'".Li ~ht n f r ont of 

h l.im • .Li. prea .,.do hei.n 's on t h, hl e n. d d 11, rd a a i ns t its 

s l i ps was a smile that smooth nurfac e . · ~is y s war hoo ed . R und 
. 

cane ancl 11 nt . 0v h s ,hol bing was a cone nt•ate . qu· t , a tense 

r el _~t ion th t p s s ·r _ i 1 to t' ye ~ -an , ··:;o t11 r o , o t f 

·-,he c.o JT . -·t p ·• G d ' tig o er the riou t in f Hi :1t a d spread t hro~ k 

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PART ONE 

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Mountains andt s lopes , hills and val leys ; rivers and fo ~t ains , 

oceans and wells , l isten. 

Man i a quest •••• I 
Chi ldren at dawn- l ight , ol.d fol k at mo nlight , lis ten. 

~n i s a uest ••••/ 

Lovers of romen , sweetheart s listen . 

Man i s a quest ••• • / 

Sigh wind and t el l them. Sigh win and t ell them. 

Man i s a cuest •• • • I 
Oh my brothers , oh my s i .sters ; oh my children , born and unbor 

Listen. 

iian is a quest • • • • I 
Out of the hills a came ; out of the 

fron the f l at l ands and hi h l ands , 

brom pl a ces , fron daylight anq darkness . From the many nat ions ~e 

c rone and the touch of' many l ands s on h i • Hi s yes ·were the eyes 

of all the eopl e . I 

He · c e mm fron the )lills nd he said : 

That ye ai g t have ife , and that ye ight have i t mo e abun­

dantl y . 

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Hendri k Pot ieter l ed tho elders of the t r ek tent . They 

went ~ J ~ to the seats that had been s pecially put up o~ t hem i n 

the opon . sper ans n d Mar tinus Van As were anong the elders_ 

B hind them, 1n a tight bunch , cluster ed the t re~. »'acing them, 

and surrounded b their own foll owers , ~ere the chi efs of t he Baro-

l on . 

Paul Van As stood tot 

Pot i eter said : 

fore and aot ed s i nt erpreter . 

"I have called you here to thank you f or king us welcome . W 

are no" ready to,mo e . Before we o, there i s one thi ng I want to put 

before you~) chiefs . I t i s this . If thj- Jatabele ar e a s f i e~cc as you 

say , , e may have to f i ::,ht then. I f fuat happens , we ould l ike your 

hel p . If you help us , and you have to love t he llatabele , 
I 

th· is what e ' ll do . lie · 11 give you a l l the catt l e ve t ake r r om 

then and keep only the l and for / ourselves . " 

to the others . 

n •'Jliat do you say, brothers?" 

,,---

"Thi s i s no bar gai n . What will a an do wi th cattle f he has no 

l and on which to feed then?" 

"What do you vrant ?n 

nr have o.i.1l y on oondit i on . 1r Tauana said . °Kunana was my ci ty . 

I want back the o<ity , of · Kunana and the l and t hat was ours , the l and of 

:my fathers . The l and' that i s bet we n the ·olopo and its tr ibutar i es 

east you can have . I f' you agree , I will i s QUl~s , all the l ad t o the 

ch .lr s voiced 

go with you. " 

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ti ht roundness of her body. 

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d she opened her ips d sighed . ny that it 

houldn ' t hurt . She kicked and kicked and yet it neve hurt . Only the 

strangeness of somet hing novine in you . Bal anoi ms a much ruore awk-

thi ~ . So easy to f a l l . 

Sho s·tir ed the food and dished it ont o the pl tes . She held o t 

first plate . / 

"Kaspar . " 

I e took the pl ate and gr mted . , ----; 
The oy took his pl te . / 

nv 1at do yo say?tt Kasper ' s /voice vms stern. 

"T 1ank you , ,other . n / 
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"Why .must one alw ys tel;t you?" 

"I was goi t o say 

"Doni t lie , l ad ! n 

"But •••• ' . 

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"Don ' t f?.11 your outh so , Stefan~" 
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other boys • Have nore ~ tt 

St efan l o ked at his father , then _)ave the pl te to h i s motl er . · 

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her eyes a s the ch: l d ki cked . he , .vhen the kioki n was eased sone-

what , she f et ched -

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+- lie things or th washi ng up . 

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he had gone , St ef an l ooked. at her wi t l arge yes . Sh l eft her wash-

ing y p and cane and sat beside him. 

"V 1y i s father 

She ran her hand through his hai r and smi. J.Ccc into his eyes . 

rtHe does n ot nean to be . 11 

"But he i s . " 

nyou ::mst not be a f raid of 

"Doesn' t he l i ke u"' , pa?" 

I 
it . I t doesn ' t meau anythi ,::., •" 

Yow to answer thi.., , wh t to say , wh t ould be true? 
~ "I t s n t us , St efan. I don t know how to tell you . I don ' t know 

how to make under stand . not us he cloesn ' t like . Onl y . . • • Ca11 

you still remenoer our valley? 1 

took 

it of ten. Thos e t erri ble ~aff j rS 

i l l et the1'1 for it t You ait and sce. 1• 1' 

"Yes , do you remember it?" 

"Yes . 
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"Well , it was a beautiful place Before w~ HJft it , your father 

1 "ked everybody thou,gh he never sai d it and l} ver showed it . NoJ h li, 

kes nobody . It1i' not j ust us , Stefan: > / 

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is nothing else it it ho.s t o be so . 

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-:. 

" I hat e themt When I r:ow up I want to kill many of them! 11 

"llush , Stefan . " 

nr do ! They nake ~ athi~r so t hat he t s al ways angr y Tit}, 6 c, I 

want to ki l l nan of . them! like Oo _ Koos . " 
I 

nyou ' re too young to t alk of k·11ing •••• Giv ne your plat • 

I kno ·, you don 't want that . " 

want i t now! Pease , can I hav more?" 

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n 'lG shr:ml ' t havo given in, " h e said hoJ.lowly •. "lo shoul dn ' t 

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Lelia 1 o ea. t hi:u or 

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sobbed like a little ch ild . 

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''Hav you h ard poople talldng?n 

"Your peopl .mieht 1 e nothing more to 

"You ure 1uat. ... i.nd . n 

11 I 1 m sorry about ·.::.hat . " 

n_ .. y case , I th•"nk y u ar v1rong . - :Mother o m • " 

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11 1 can ' t help it , 1l sie . ts the way 

r'\'-lhy is it so i port-ant , .I:' ul ?n 

tilt V Sll 1 t i portant ~O me e.t 0.11 , 

••• only until . " 

nun · 1 V at'?tr 1· 
"On..1..y until the Jansen busi~ ss •••• 

I ' j 1s t trying to explain . 11 

"I ' m not upset . T 11 me . " 

Tu'l.tt rs . " 

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Oh don ' t be upse , El sie . 
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"It w~s only after done hat to you . You sea , i . 

treatinc; .!_caffirs th way he did c • ake lun do that to you , then 
--

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1 

, · h en h sai : T c - -r:nlked in silenc e 

"The f. rst; tim"- I ki. l l o body . I couldn ' t sleep for weeks . 

Son etiI:J.o.., o.., I till reI. onb I' it . was one of a -roup of kaffi r 
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::.·ds * Y'J so , a t or th first · tine · t boc n s easy . J ust 

with the socono_ ,.n n I k illed . AftAr - hac1 kill d a u.r1bs .. I never 

o--,. e buck fr -f r.1oout i ng e -

pcdition ad at a good oul aft e I had k i l~ed ~ e ~a ... firs . 
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-::-. , .. thut l a ' ~ -· :1.t:; , El s i e . We be ··o.ae hard ins id ff 

th·J.t 

nB t w·11 i t clunge if . ou tal k , Paul?" 

"I tl o".l ' t kno1 . Only, I f' ee l be~r abo i t if" I ,..ay hm I feel . 

s 1 e , E 

10'"t .,. it 

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V r Clay . I ' 

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01 wh -t 1 s har,pc .. ing - our peop e . I£ e 

afraid that ch. ldron ·night erd l i kE · 
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only to look a t Koo s J :--_n..,crt to kno-w i t1'i net 

goo -..my o grov1 up ., It k i lls · 11 th fl.O O that is n a ,e son 11 " 

n ..... e:rhaps ye •ill a ll cho.n . v e ' vo re ched v,h · re we ar g o• 

11 Only if ·1° ren n er r we went . If w don ' t 
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our chi le :rem ;o d gro, p li ,e that " _ Louk at my fa the:· , it was h 
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ch nou(l llk so f7.ll!).Y others 

u y '-her toe . n 

"I thi c so , 

Gnd re a::. nc , y-01 

I I:J.ean . " 
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I ' • worri~d . If you h ve friends 

nco 1 ·n1 t you just say so without ean 10 i t . Th·t w uldn • t 
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• I ts just that y u. like your ''ntl so ch , 

:nd h l ik ,$ you so r uch . And I rl n11 1 t thi 

11th ·t frie ds . " 

it'i good for am.an to b 

,r01. I ' 11 v or.r ied o. out • I do.n ' t r, nt you to bJ 

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f o:r ys lf , it , 

'Stop 'NO r yin~ about n • The only thi n~ he t;Jcan . '..1ke -1 unha ppy 

is if • ~.ytl inr ::-oes 11;:; etwoen u . IJotlli ntters . Come now, 

tir d. " / 

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which Wo_s thei'.i:- -r.1re ... ·~on , thui:r / hone . In tne int t1at nner 

•• 11 • o , .ul 1 s , nc l a c a_ her 

finge.cs th:r.ou.-h his . She swung 1e1 hhn· a 1· tl , ca- ily , w.dtl1 th'. 

ove.::i: ~-t<J of n chiJd . 

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t1You are oure a out th . c y?t 

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11Hy l n t peri d cg"' th.roe d$.y8 be 01·e we , r 

"'l"ion i \ : 

HQf c rse it ... 

I n f. b:-i.--ood in.a; 

don ' t 

certain . S~op pV'orryL.g . " 

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y: child:;:cn to 1 o h:.1r~ ; I c on I t 
• 

b._ te neo l just becau'Je they lool: cl. l\._ffcre t . n 

"T my nee cl not , Paul . " 

rri ed ., " 

vmnt then to 

n Only · f re vrfl.ti:-11 -.. ''1f.:r thon fl.1lcl. SAC the.+. th y don ' t . n 

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•'Pa 1 , .hat ' s t is I hem' a bout th" C _ a . 

.Elsi left th .. u. 

.... " '-' . 

ii o ... mps you ' ve hcc rd al thi s taDc, un·t Arn • " 

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1 Pe pl say Pa Js k ffi1·- booi., e . clo i r t ··:nm·1 wh- t to o . 

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hi s fath r- dll spank to hin agal n .. el ne , Tont Anna. , you kn ov; s o 

w,1 __ ut a.bout , El s i o " 

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d , speaking 1;o then _ lee h treat s us . " 

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.a f f i i· fl h 1,-~n? I s i t 

s 1"11 I te:11 he " J to troat tl u l il:o wlj.itc peopl ? / 10 youn.g . Wha 

"II a r.lon nm, , " · ,1s · /sai . "'l'he only ,riend he has is Mos s Ji: 

- good for a . 1 to be . ne . Pl ,~ tel I'.10 . ff 

So • 8hr ' d been 'lXl r; once . What does one d 

Ki l l K,_.,c; .P r r nd. K OS n.d al l the others say only 
/ ' de"'c kui' .t:i.:r.s ar s • A e tho:r ri~ht or is a 1 r i ght? So 

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c lo d . .1.J:r LJ€c~ c:...1 c t· iod to think. Only t 
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valley an.l. 

and l ooked r ohono c l c,:. · i n h ,r .• rl 
- u. . 

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tt4f:r .,. C'"" • n 
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ca. her 

"Does h e s_pee.k cJ1JOu t hes · t h i ngs " 

' Y _ s . 1·rc ·ent 

vh I 0an1,; t :n.:m . You s e , you ..;.10w 

f f rr:.-.way l oo cr ept i nto A..,m 

Paul had <"! -~en h0.c- dm.n by 

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th n 1e nd h i m. 

eyes . &he~ m roered the tim 

had UJ:idarst ood . 

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, 

t h i n6 he _oes am so.ys :oust 1b c ight i i' y,m are clone to hin and h e 
f 

hol(a yo -~ :1'-'nd o.nd op c= rn 1o you i.n a oort -voioe . TJ at ·· s i port ant • 

Els ·· e , noro important t ha1J you knov, •••• Do s his -voice n.uk t; you :fee] 

mr m, , s tho l ~"ll t 1 GlU1 · s / on you ?H 

El si0 lool-cd a.t nn/· 1 i n o:..lenco .. 11..nna ' n exprens ion un c~ oi'o 

oh ngcd . 

lc.u ~b , Els i e I" I 1n not ·1 0.d • I kn vw th t I ' h\ Sf'lyin.g . I f h i s 

voic · ~ r.,, 

ca t t be 

ancl ne s·cur hand and -oaks ··nt o you:;: ye -5·, tlwn h 

ti 
a.fr· ::.a. ~ l ook 

.n t ui:,1ed h e r ey s cJ..Wld.Y . She was 

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pioked .p ·c ' 1c Ltr to1·ia L ... h,..,r l' o. c.1 cont i rn ,d 1'cr s \Ii 1.:.i • Her thin , 

haggard :race l uok d c o.l n in the fi:rAlight . / 

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llEiLJ..'bY . 

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sa.ic . 

g .00~1 and 9tood 

ni:t at ·esi( ·11c.r daughter 

said so .. tly . 

protect .a • 

L na. laugh r;cl wi. th.pvt hY: '-' r • '!'hr: rJrn _tr their c offee i n s i leDet 

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wer the .nany voice.., of t he nany f il "es ; t hem.any noi.s s aµr the 
, 

nany silon . es . T·1is was a city and thoy ·~Jere part of he c · +y, . ~ 
citizon" . ], om urn my cm.1e the voices 0 ·

0 y oung pe e le , sin ing . Fro 

an the,-i direc tion c a::n. the l aUGht r ancl. urdo of a drrhee . This , as 

c.~t:r , a r, rinµ, cit] with heart nd ..., and a:rtor· ... , . 

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I ' 1 cone i th you / ' L .na SL i d . "I uant 
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stil l 

H ther cl daughter We: lked away . Ann: sat q1: ictl/ sew· n _1 • 

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1 .ll at · id she say?" 

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Co 18 t InZTllnyani • 

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larn:-uaie of ar -~ n .::. e.:rr::..iP.' nee . " 

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11 I 1-:n ~" you ~ uld come . '' 

B thought : d _o !;:now~ I r "- y- r o ·- con 

"TLis is a straw; , · ne. 'Y • n 

•'Coue ins· de , 11 sh sai d . 

s eJ.d . "Th :, J m - u 1 cw 1 apon . 11 

R< shook his hear . 

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fie reo.e;hed ,-

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ToppinP-' the hill that l ed do into the valle of I nzwinyani, 

t heir yes wer e struck by the a ctivity about th / ki ng ' s city . Dark 

col ms oved everywhere . Spears lis t ened in t he morni ng sun. 

f\The joy of .10.meco:mi ng l ef t Unand:i..l!J-M-.i!~ Her hands ti htened 

about the reins of her pony . 

:, ~ , •• es , Da bul a 1 " 

t1Yes • mot her . All the i n ' s a mies • n 

"What does i t nean?n 

"here is only on n euni '.I' t he , 

wfuat of' the words of Moshesh?" 

t range vilu te m n are here .•.lfltte-

11 Let us hasten , nother , that I mi ght deliver t hon to Gub za . " 
~ 

They s pu;r ed their ponies on and hasten d down into the va l1!9y. 

Many eyes s tared , first t o e e the strange eni mn l s these t wo r ode.,; 

then to l ook at the t wo thensel es . Assuredl y , that wn.s Dabul a , Cap-

tai _ of 

who had 

!· zil ··.kazi 

arnies . And that was I .Inandi with him! The queen 

ai n ! The flower of t he hearct of 

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for yo cl 1or hi 

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She raised he:~ eyes 

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to Dabul a ' s . "Wel come 

10 ( 4j) 
hom , my son . Have you 

brough nandi with o ? " 
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"Yes , mother " she is with tho k i n0 •••• °\!here is t he Fath~ 

bring him a message f :eon llos hesh . n ' 

"What is the :mesGage?0 llkon ozi a sked . 

"Tha t we do not fight the vihite peopl e . " / 
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"I t'13 too late n Nanda s a id . It e is 011 th f ield of att l e . " ·' 
"It is t oo lat yen if ne wer her Ii' r.Iko.moz i /1d . "A n ' s , 

/ . 
dreans aro on the battl efield . " 

" I ust go to hi.m, t1 Dnbula said . 

11 I t i s too l ate , " Ol d 1: omozi said . 

11 I 1ust see hi , " Dabula said . 
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"Ntombi and the chi l dren a:_e hero , " anda said . r1soe them before 

you. go . rr 

"Here?" 

nyes , " Nanda saia.. '1)ley house . " 

" I will r eturn , " Dabul a s aid d ht ried out . 

Nt o bi was here . She v1&.s wai ing for h i n . He f ,lt ar- a i d , i ou.$~ 

tense , HOVI ,mlld she r ec e ·v e hi 1/ Would she still be otiiet? woul d she 

be happy to see him? How woul d lie spe to her? \Vb.at would he tell 

her? 

Ile went to where 

I n f_ont 

· ted his father without 

"\/hare i s y our I other ~' 

"At the 

cooked . The boy was ther • ~ 11 enA1t1 ,. 

of food a.nd he was happy . He gree­

ontin:; . 

asked . 

one , 11 the boy s a i d . 

Dabul a went round the huts to t he back. Ntor:ib i •- n the ch i l d 

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ff\Jhen you 1 ft , ""'. v,ent t tho 1rillage of U i ndi ••• 

H, hold h i s stor ch in tight and wuit d , 
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tr l s a-~ n i di .... iiha •a 'eeaabj fa! . I talked ·o her . She 

tol d 
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tha. v night • She re .a e:recl i t Hel l ••• " 
ttYes?tr His •-voice , s tight . I 
"S is now t_1e r·· rs't ,.ri? e of th.e :1.i ef . 

she tol d h i • " / 

"Th f i rst wife ... " e r el axed . 

ftor you ha one 

• 

She i s ory happy and t e chi e f l oves her uch . " 

She :raised h r hen '." anc~ l oolrnd at h:Ll . Her eyes w01·e l aughi ng_ 

he le ughter touched her nou_ • Tho tifhtnees left hi m c o pl e -

tely. II r each"d f orward . 

t1The chi ld , " she warned . I 
She put _the chi don t:te hl .nket , 

st ycd liko thnt f or 
I 

"MOTi you can i'o g- t i t , • 

pul.led her to hin ri nd 

a. long t·ne . 

S , tlany t l1 ingo _1e 1'anted o tell her . So nuch he ~ t ~d to 

exola·n. H ,. o.t her and things rushed 

11 Nto bi ••. 11 

• t 1
1· h t ·"' no need o exp_ain . " Se pu p her hand ana touch ed 

his fac . 

He p slled the r.1-'J.ny thines fr on h is nt . (1 . ; 'rhere woul be tirie 

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Tl ro uou d be so ¥, 110h ti~1e later . He rubbed his ch ek a ~ainst hers . 

"You have chun~ed , " she said . 

Ho- did she ,.o o i know it too . But what ~ s this chang 

:La ):1 _ ::1? If on y ho could undor['.tanc1. that •••• 

" I l'J.U.St go , n h .id . 

1 I ·wtll vmit or you to c re back . " 

ur Ill com, back • ." 

vaited for hin t ~he ~·to . 

"I wi l2. vralk o. little wa with you . 1 

I 

•r 1ey move through the ill of -r • 'The 0old1.ers we· e 

e1 erywhe:r.e . 

"He vlill not l isten, '' Mko nozi 

11 3ut rn2:st tell hira, " Dab\lL .. 

11You have seen them?t1 

nyos . " 

111 e hacl great dr-e 

"Even if we win it wil l nev r 

' 1ile c nnn.ot see that • " Ekonoz·· 

so.i . 

the san , rr Da .,ula. seid . 

drer • were t oo reat . " 

Da l a ~topp d an 1 turned 

,:Father •• G • \fuat will c ono 

1Ikonozi . 

.Tkonozi nil ed tenderly . e patted Dabul a s ... rn uff cti nately . 

Hi'Jow life son. ~t wil l e or ag in be 

Dabula said thought~ully . " J o b i • r, 

"You are afraid?" 

'Yes . 0 Th re was no need to h i de i t . I t was part of thi s new 

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t) "It is t_1a t t hat hurt s . . . . . 

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ways , 

0 

Du t.l a 

da_stand hiu a litt l e?" / 

knew he eant Gubuza . 

do not ho.ve thi s secret bit terµ ss an more . n 
1 

n I kno IJ' . Yet he was •,rong . -e r.iade in 'tr nents 0.1. peopl e . An d a l -

t is wron __ , ~ Ho ,anted to do a ·o / d thing but he was ong . " 

They ,,ere n nr t e rmy control po;tnt now. 

11 1 nust e o , " D bul a s o. id . / 

nwe fi ll talk ua i n , " Mko 1ozl s i .. " o . e back f or we have much to 

talk of nc. t her e is :ouch for you 1to do . Salute Gubuza for r.1.e . Go wel ~, 

y s on. n Ikonozi touched hi:o. ago.in t,hen turned - ray . 

Dab a hurried on till _10 was dth thos e who cont ol l d t he s ol-

diers . I nzvdnyani was thinni rupidl y . Ar , · es no cd u ross tie 1 ills 

at o. trot . 

"I an. Dabul a t " 

"W kno· , gre· t Captain. " 
I 

n--nier e i s tho batt l efieiJl a. , a 

"~i!ear our s o\J:'thern out post . I n the valley b~r t e r •• vo:r . 
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Dabu n. ount ed hi s pony 1 and rode nc:ross the hill . Ever v1here so - · 
I 

' di er s wer hurr ing to the f_eld of battl e , 

Tho Septembe s un vvo.s oing a o\m , Suddenly, a cl oud pas~ed over 

the k:y. Bi and b ck . I t i;-ran f ollov,;ed by a ha ·.1 to_ • .._, 
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Fo:r the p1,:esent 1 they vrould w it, and 0 e if the a t ab l e kaffi rs 
-rw-

had h e uod t · vm.rning of v{J.at ad happen d • - .. mor n i ng . I f t he) 

~~~~ . did s o • well nu. good . I f they d: d not ,: well , tlJ.en tlley vmul d l _ _ 

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wou l f~ spend the night . ~i.
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•• & treachery on the part of 1 st the ~ f firs s neak up 

i n thb Ja.r k t u er..o-e .vha , had h ened yoste··day mor n i n ) • But f or all 

t hat , th dancod a1d san~ and qnc were ha __ • T i s was t he 

lan<l . 1he i,ord bud l ed 1ihen i n o the pr . i soc1 nd even as ho d l ed 

t h peopl o of o l d . I 

l ✓, 
Anna s l ab o,. .- thut n:Lghc . Painful @WB!WftM no ement s 

'-..!.-' 

"t11at gre • i n v i ~lenc c . u 

h r- body , then she gave L nd 

when ·t;h pai ns 

Boer .mi d.wife . They heU 

3 nhe hel d • n thepai_vis that tore throu 

s cr eam d . El s i e and. Lena wer·o with h r 

sta1'ted screaming , El i e r an f or an ol d 

the ol d wo:uan ssa)ed her 

stor, ch v1itl1 hard hands ,u.1..1t lnrr i,, . i hey worked on h r f or hri s Pnd ~-

boi l ed ~e.t or . But noting happened . They kept on f illin t he vater -

pots . She kept s ere ng .. 

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Dnbuln stood beside Gu ) U ,?. n the hillsid • ogeth ..... the 

l oo ~ad .._ 5-nt t he v 1l l.d of t he Boer • 

and . " 

said i t 0.id. not mntter what they did , 
' • 

at;her . n 

I 

ur h · ye h ... . r 1 0 l , y son . rr 

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1tTh n thy do you not ord r th 

' 
"Th is is a tie for bettle . " 

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noldiers to retu1 1?" 

\ 
"But 1 o□hosh Til nake tlli s t,.eaty t '/ _ll k p (Ur 

11no , son . Ho is n ar h·s other whJte f riends . ll are far . 

For us there is only ba~tl c . These a_e vultures vho w0ulrl t up 

a that is 01.u·s , and tJ"..e JO' ld d.o it in -.rroganc . anu. with laught er 

on their lips . • / 

"Then ·, :C ig.lrc , ,- -tl er • n 

w fig' t . n 

0 t :me o.t tho h ac1. of , n arn: .. 8lld 1 will cruc~l thes white 

nen for you t au noe, ai'ralc the te:r. or of their wenpon . " 

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n Our wa;rriors Wlb.11 eat ther.1 up ! " 1.1.:abatn cried . 

"Let us see , " Gubuza s ~id . / 

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nT,1· sticks l " D buza c iea. . 

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"I'o1.,,haps men have died ,11 G buz snid . 
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"hey are killin Gubuza s aid . nThey should ohar _e . " 
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Ka::Jper killed ·them C•)lc"'.. l y .. I his ' ind VI s a pie --,_U'e or his 

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t_ at they cnnn t ate .1 you_ valley , Kaspe~c . Kill ther1 for that . Kil.l 

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behi n<l liir.1 kop pushing a lori • G1.'. 1··· i' l e • nto hi~hcrnds . Ki. 1 ·heI:1. 

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d b l oo ~ in hi h ea1·t • ""l:l s i e ..,ave _1. 

earth . eople veJ:e d i • un<l he , ns ki lin'~ t. E;.!.!l. • Yc.'0 i t hud t b 

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plains f ou!' nati · Zul l ""nd . I s~1ute you , ray b:rot or s . I salute 

you , '.1:abata . Go w 11 . n 

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~ ou ar f l'.!:le s ~ ou~ in ye ..,..s . Y s , I o to d i e . 

c1 you nu.,st do it fo;: 

•
1?To , p tha-r t You go buck . Let me die ! " 

"I or .. er you , Dabul u , c ptain or the ki.ng s 

Dabul a st1·a.ightenod hi1 e l f . 

"Yes lord . " 

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yo 1 to clo . L··.sten ca?< fully,, :'or <1h t; I ·Ge 1 

oment . 

tr tne v1_1ji·.1 i;:; c.g:iinst us , .mount yo 

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r1<l hm.'r to 

I nzuinya.n.: .. 'i1
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s ay he 

t:ke t.e er..ero..ls and 

1 there . Tell 11tt 

) co ether . T 11 '1i 

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n~ z • , 1!' r you t here is 

nu.ch . 

nyo-.1 1 · ll be the new -;oncra f tho kin, ri .'ll.!. ; es . ·1rain you 

c1:. '..:ell :.. 1 t.ho o.r·ts o"f 1)utt l e , b t sh.u ~ wa::.: . Bu·c t ·1.""' • r,st important 

dut I e_ ~ ant of you c once ns you..-riO' Lo en~ul a . He v.r· 11 b<3 kin soon 

for 1.i.is fa.th r is ·01 6. and will so,_ ci!? . Yo .nus t e ·J c d. ·tl i an 

of tl e yu ne 
hiM nlno t11 •• isdo.- of 1.:cmhesh. Tcc:.ch i n not to f ight white men 

ut iec ,dth then. Teach hiu to 

be cun.nino :l.n th ·,.ays ci. ,,eac ..: " 1 ml , my Gon , t a ch bi m to vr toh ove:.c· 

our )r'O_plo a,1d :;o .l?i'O ect; then ns a _cthor , for th"'t 1s th- duty of 

goocl ki11~s)1ip . 

11 0n 

ly fo:i.:-

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11.,. bles..,.ines 011 th_ clli l - eu and 

to me , D'ltmla , go well ••• ,- " 

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C nt ;:> .. 1.l s uth • rioa . H. a v a.s th l ast 

rzulnland 0 .. n ~.nc.,a.an is mt a 3haci 

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