But Pieter Retief thrust his big form in front of him rather rudely, and said with one of his hearty laughs: "Allemachte! friend, let the missje wish a good journey to the young fellow who saved her life." Next moment Hans, the Hottentot, screamed at the oxen in the usual fashion, and we rolled away through the gate.
But oh! if I had liked the Heer Retief before, now I loved him..