6/21 Baas Frank has but now gone to his tent. He has been talking to the clergyman, something about Missie Bessie, I don't know what. I was near, but he talked low, and I could only hear the name." "Are all the Boers asleep ?" "All, missie, except the sentries." "Is there a sentry before Baas Frank's tent ?" "No, missie, there is nobody near." "What is the time, Jantje ?" "About three hours and a half after sundown" (half-past ten). In silence they sat facing each other and their own thoughts. Presently Jantje broke it by drawing the big white-handled knife and commencing to sharpen it on a piece of leather. |