Only Manie, she whispered. See the men fed and the horseswatered again before we leave in an hour. She thought of being with him out in the desert,far from his wife. With a subtleinclination of her shoulders and head Centaine dissuaded the one or twobolder souls who approached as if to join them, and after that theothers stayed back.
They did not cheer or speak, butstood quietly, savouring the moment on which history would hinge. He had got away with it. He too is a creature of the desert. Both of them had fought with greatdistinction against the British during the South African War, and theyhad both taken a part in the peace negotiations at Vereeniging thatended that conflict.
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