However the Boers could see I was trying to get her to halt so they only rode around and headed her off.

We were so glad to see them that they could not be suspicious.

Still, as we had come directly from the English lines they had doubts.

We told them we had lost ourselves and the more they threatened to take us to the commandant the more satisfied we were.

I insisted on taking photos of them reading Cecil's passport.
It annoyed them that we refused to be serious, we assured them we had never met anyone we were so glad to see.