The fact is that our glorious victories have quite confused me.

Ah! what a thing it is to be a patriot! The dear Lord makes strong the arm of the patriot, and takes care that he hits his man well in the middle." "You have turned wonderfully patriotic all of a sudden, _Oom_ Coetzee," said Jess tartly.
"Yes, missie, yes; I am a patriot to the bone of my back! I hate the English Government; damn the English Government! Let us have our land back and our _Volksraad_.

Almighty! I saw who was in the right at Laing's Nek there.

Ah, those poor _rooibaatjes!_ I killed four of them myself; two as they came up, and two as they ran away, and the last one went head-over-heels like a buck.

Poor man! I cried for him afterwards.
I did not like going to fight at all, but Frank Muller sent to me and said that if I did not go he would have me shot.