I entertained no doubt that they would succeed.
Everything is as it must be, and unless one is a sluggard--who brings trouble upon himself by doing nothing to avoid it--one has no reason to complain.
Such were my thoughts as I contemplated our situation.
The Orange River was in flood--the Government and I, therefore, could not possibly remain where we were for long.

The English were so fond of us that they would be sure to be paying us a visit! No, to wait there until the river was fordable was not to be thought of.
The reader will now perceive how it was that my projected inroad into Cape Colony did not become a fact.

My dear old friend, General Charles Knox, was against it, and he had the best of the argument, for the river was unfordable.

What then was I to do?
Retreat I could not, for the Caledon also was now full.

Again, as I have already explained, it would not do for me to take refuge in Basutoland.