You have Marais's money, and I have that five hundred pounds which my old aunt in England left me last year.

Thank Heaven! owing to my absence on commando, it still lies untouched in the bank at Port Elizabeth.

That is about eight hundred pounds in all, which would buy a great many cattle and other things.

As for the third, it is not in our hands, is it?
It may be that they cannot be rescued, it may be that they are dead.

I can only go to see." "But, Allan, Allan, you are my only son, and if you go it is probable that I shall never see you more." "I have been through more dangers lately, father, and am still alive and well.