Hendrik would prove an alibi for him.

He was a useful man, Hendrik.

Besides, who would believe that it was a murder?
Two men were escorting an Englishman to the river; they became involved in a quarrel; the Englishman shot them, and they shot the Englishman and his companion.

Then the horses plunged into the Vaal upsetting the cart, and there was an end of it.

He could see now how well things had gone for him.