Hendrika, take the child to my hut and give her milk, then put her into my bed; I will come presently." Hendrika went off with a somewhat ugly grin to do her mistress's bidding, and Stella led the way through the narrow gateway in the marble wall, which may have enclosed nearly half an "erf," or three-quarters of an acre of ground in all.

It was beautifully planted as a garden, many European vegetables and flowers were growing in it, besides others with which I was not acquainted.

Presently we came to the centre hut, and it was then that I noticed the extraordinary beauty and finish of the marble masonry.

In the hut, and facing the gateway, was a modern door, rather rudely fashioned of Buckenhout, a beautiful reddish wood that has the appearance of having been sedulously pricked with a pin.

Stella opened it, and we entered.