I noted that he looked frightened and was breathless, for his eyes started out of his head.

Also his hat was gone and he bled a little from his face.
Seeing us he ran up the path and sat down as though he were tired.
"Where are the oxen ?" I asked.
"Oh! Baas," he answered, "the Basutos have got them.

We heard from an old black woman that Sekukuni had an impi out, so we waited on the top of that hill about an hour's ride away to see if it was true.

Then suddenly the doctor Baas appeared riding, and I ran out and asked him if it were safe to go on.

He knew me again and answered-- "'Yes, quite safe, for have I not just ridden this road without meeting so much as a black child.