You know what happens to a 'land betrayer' ?" Hans' teeth positively chattered, and his florid face blanched with fear.
"What do you mean, nephew ?" he asked.
"I--ah!--I mean nothing.

I was only speaking a word of warning to you as a friend.

I have heard things said about you by----" and he dropped his voice and whispered a name, at the sound of which poor Hans turned whiter than ever.
"Well," went on his tormentor, when he had sufficiently enjoyed his terror, "what sort of terms did you make in Pretoria ?" "Oh, good, nephew, good," he gabbled, delighted to find a fresh subject.
"I found the Englishmen supple as a tanned skin.

They will give up their twelve prisoners for our four.

The men are to be in by ten to-morrow.
I told their commandant about Laing's Nek and Ingogo, and he would not believe me.