So far hope's flattery has kept us fairly well apart.

The day after to-morrow is now fixed by popular judgment for battle and attack.
But only one thing is certain: we can stand still if we choose, and the Boers cannot.
To be under martial law, as we now are, does not make much difference to the ordinary man, but to the ordinary criminal it appears slightly advantageous.

For his case is very likely to be overlooked in the press of military offences, and it is doubtful if any civil suits can be brought.

At all events, a legal quarrel I had with a farmer about some horses has vanished into thin air; and so, indeed, have the horses.

The worst offenders now are possible spies.