Don't see anything--do you ?" "Nothing," I replied.

"It's dark; but there's a curious transparent look about the night, and I think we should see any one directly if he were advancing." "How?
I don't see that's at all likely." "If any one passed along it would be like a shadow crossing the grey stones.

They look quite grey in the starlight." "Well, yes, they do," he said; "and--I say, what's that ?" He pointed towards the Boers' camp-fires, and, startled by his tone, I looked eagerly in the direction pointed out; but there were the piles of grey stones looking dull and shadowy, but no sign to me of anything else.
"Fancy," I said.
"No.

Just as you spoke I saw something dark go across one of the stones.

Shall I fire ?" "Certainly not.