21/35 They had nearly reached the plain when the deep note of a horn was heard. "They have found out that I have gone." "They will soon be after us, but there is no fear of their catching us," Abdool said, as they broke into a trot. "No one will know, at first, what has happened. Everyone will run to his post; then they will have to search the fort, and all the ground between it and the lower wall. |