He is true to his lady-love, to whomever else he plays false.

That is his saving virtue." "And he will talk down the Matabele," I went on, "even if he doesn't know their language.

But I suspect he does; for, you must remember, he was three years in South Africa as a young man, on a scientific expedition, collecting specimens.

He can ride like a trooper; and he knows the country.

His masterful ways, his austere face, will cow the natives.