6/19 His is only one instance." "It isn't as if we wanted to turn the Boers out," I said. All we want is for them to behave like peaceable neighbours, and obey the laws. They want what they call freedom, which is as good as saying that English laws make people slaves. We don't feel much like slaves--do we ?" "Is that the reason they are at war with us ?" "Something of that kind," said the Lieutenant, "as far as I understand it. All politics, and they are the most quarrelsome things in the world. |