Selectedtribesmen, who might be useful as soldiers and servants, were allowedto remain in the colony but the rest had been driven out into thewilderness where they belonged. The Englishmen cheered, but their eyes were on Katinka, and Sir Francisobliged them by introducing her. Will you give it to me? He smiled lazily. But they can always be speeded up with a little baksheesh.
The wild animals had not been driven off theseplains, for few white hunters had been allowed to leave the confines ofthe colony to pursue them. The Dutchmen might come at any hour, andwhen they did he would need every man. Eight bells in the middle watch, Gundwane. He wanted to tell her that all of this had been ordained long ago, thathe was sailing south to meet a special destiny.
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