I think that Dingaan has been lying to you for his own purposes; I mean about the plot to kill you." "Perhaps, commandant.

I don't know, and I don't much care.

But I am sure that he was not lying when he said he meant to steal away my wife either for himself or for Pereira." "What, then, do you intend to do, Allan ?" "I intend, commandant, with your permission to send Hans, my after-rider, back to the camp with a letter for Marie, telling her to remove herself quietly to the farm I have chosen down on the river, of which I told you, and there to lie hid till I come back." "I think it needless, Allan.

Still, if it will ease your mind, do so, since I cannot spare you to go yourself.

Only you must not send this Hottentot, who would talk and frighten the people.