arry anyone but him, she experienced all the anxieties an uncer- tain young woman of twenty could feel. They found nothing then, either. ' 'Not in the camps, sir. ' And in London a wag circulated the rumor that the Boer high command had issued an order: 'Anyone who shoots General Buller will be court-martialed.
e, fanatic prophets had incited the Xhosa masses, whipping the kraals into a frenzy and leading them to disaster. During the victory celebrations, in which the English settlers around the Cape were downright obnoxi He' welcomed at court, and Queen Victoria rather dotes on him. The Boers are in trouble, he thought as he studied the fall of the ground, but General de Groot knows whal he's doing.
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