Had he not wanted to do so he would have moved from one to the other in such a way that nobody could have seen him.

His partial and desultory appearances indicated that he was on view.
"Come out of those trees, you little rascal, and stop slipping about like a snake in a stone wall!" shouted John.

"What is it you want--wages ?" Thus adjured, Jantje advanced and sat down on the path, as usual in the full glare of the sun.
"No, Baas," he said, "it is not wages.

They are not due yet." "What is it, then ?" "No, Baas, it is this.

The Boers have declared war on the English Government, and they have eaten up the _rooibaatjes_ at Bronker's Spruit, near Middleburg.