"Until she is of age that oath holds." "Oho!" said Retief, "you have sworn your lamb to that hyena, have you?
Well, look out that he does not crack your bones as well as hers, and perhaps some others also.

Why does God give some men a worm in their brains, as He does to the wildebeeste, a worm that always makes them run the wrong way?
I don't know, I am sure; but you who are very religious, Henri Marais, might think the matter over and tell me the answer when next we meet.

Well, this girl of yours will soon be of age, and then, as I am commandant down yonder where she is going, I'll see she marries the man she wants, whatever you say, Henri Marais.

Heaven above us! I only wish it were my daughter he was in love with.

A fellow who can shoot to such good purpose might have the lot of them"; and uttering one of his great, hearty laughs, he walked off to his horse.
On the morrow of this meeting we forded the Tugela and entered the territory that is now called Natal.