"All the difference, I am afraid," she said.

"You are very generous--a real good comrade.

If I were a boy, there's nothing I'd love better.

But, being a woman, I can't live here alone with you, can I?
Not even in South Africa!" "Why not ?" he said.
His hand grasped hers firmly; she grasped his in return.

"You heard what your Boer friend called me," she said.