Perhaps it ran to Lydenburg; I do not know.

To our left, not more than a hundred yards or so away, the higher veld came to an end and sloped in an easterly direction down to bush-land below.
Should I take the westerly road which ran over a great plain?
No, for then we might be seen for miles and cut off.

Moreover, even if we escaped the natives, was it desirable we should plunge into civilization just now and tell all our story, as in that case we must do.

Rodd's death was quite justified, but it had happened on Transvaal territory and would require a deal of explanation.

Fortunately there was no witness of it, except ourselves.