If war broke out there we might all be killed.

On the other hand we might not, and it ought to be possible for you to work up to Delagoa Bay and there get some ship home, that is if you wish to keep clear of British law.

I cannot do so, as I must stay in Africa.

Nor can I take the responsibility of settling what you are to do, since if things went wrong, it would be on my head.

However, if you decide for the Transvaal or Natal and we escape, I must tell you that I shall go to the first magistrate we find and make a full deposition of all that has happened.