Therefore they would not suspect what I had done, and would simply lead me to Laputa at Inanda's Kraal.
I began to see the glimmerings of a plan for saving my life, and by God's grace, for saving my country from the horrors of rebellion.

The more I thought the better I liked it.

It demanded a bold front, and it might well miscarry, but I had taken such desperate hazards during the past days that I was less afraid of fortune.

Anyhow, the choice lay between certain death and a slender chance of life, and it was easy to decide.
Playing football, I used to notice how towards the end of a game I might be sore and weary, without a kick in my body; but when I had a straight job of tackling a man my strength miraculously returned.

It was even so now.