Plenty horses." "Why, it's night," I said in a whisper as I looked round in wonder.
"Um!" "Where's Sandho ?" Joeboy nodded his head; and, looking in the direction indicated, I could just see the shadowy form of my grazing horse, not above eight or ten feet away.
"Have I been asleep all this time ?" I said, with a strange feeling of shame troubling me.
"Um! Plenty sleep," replied Joeboy.

"Now ready?
Come 'long." "Yes, I'm ready," I said eagerly; "but tell me, have you been up towards the pass ?" "Um!" he said.

"Plenty Boer.

All dark." "Do you think we can get through ?" "Um.

Mustn't talk." He led Sandho forward, and went down on one knee to unfasten the strap with which the horse was hobbled; then he offered me a leg up, and so enabled me to spring into the saddle without much difficulty.