I am despatching a messenger to the camp to tell them of our safe arrival and good reception by Dingaan.

He can take your letter, in which I order you to say to your wife that if she and the Prinsloos and the Meyers go to this farm of yours, they are to go without talking, just as though they wanted a change, that is all.

Have the letter ready by dawn to-morrow morning, as I trust mine may be," he added with a groan.
"It shall be ready, commandant; but what about Hernan Pereira and his tricks ?" "This about the accursed Hernan Pereira," exclaimed Retief, striking the writing-board with his fist.

"On the first opportunity I will myself take the evidence of Dingaan and of the English lad, Halstead.

If I find they tell me the same story they have told you, I will put Pereira on his trial, as I threatened to do before; and should he be found guilty, by God! I will have him shot.