He would clear out of Rhodesia as soon as he had carried his point.

But he would have to give some reasonable ground to the Matabele for his first advice; and it seems a reasonable ground to say, 'Don't leave Salisbury in your rear, so as to put yourselves between two fires.

Capture the outpost first; that down, march on undistracted to the principal stronghold.'" "Who is no tactician ?" I murmured, half aloud.
She laughed.

"That's not tactics, Hubert; that's plain common sense--and knowledge of Sebastian.

Still, it comes to nothing.