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Swallow

CHAPTER XVIII
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The _schimmel_ and other horses are hidden in the wood, and he will lead you to them.
Mount and ride for home, or anywhere away from this accursed place, and at times when you talk of the matter of your escape with your husband, think kindly of Sihamba Ngenyanga.

Nay, do not answer, for there is little time to lose.

Quick, now, to the door-hole, and do as I bade you." So, like one in a dream, Suzanne loosened the bar, and, crouching by the entrance to the hut, uttered a low wail of terror, saying, "Help me, soldier, help me swiftly," in the Kaffir tongue.

The man without heard, and, pushing down the board, crept in at once, saying, "Who harms you, lady ?" as he rose to his feet.

Then suddenly, in this hut, where there was but one woman, a white woman, whom he himself had carried into it, he beheld another woman--Sihamba; and his hair stood up upon his head and his eyes grew round with terror.


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