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Updated: May 17, 2025
With no better light than a ray of the moon through the window, I wrote a message on a leaf from my pocket-book. I told of the plans I had overheard, and especially I mentioned Dupree's Drift on the Letaba. I added that I was going to the Rooirand to find the secret of the cave, and in one final sentence implored Arcoll to do justice on the Portugoose. That was all, for I had no time for more.
Maps were spread beside them, and Laputa's delicate forefinger was tracing a route. I strained my ears, but could catch only a few names. Apparently they were to keep in the plains till they had crossed the Klein Labongo and the Letaba. I thought I caught the name of the ford of the latter; it sounded like Dupree's Drift.
It was more than I could endure. 'Stop, I said. 'You talk of traitors, Mr Laputa. There is the biggest and blackest at your elbow. That man sent word to Arcoll about your crossing at Dupree's Drift. At our outspan at noon yesterday he came to me and offered me my liberty if I would help him. He told me he was a spy, and I flung his offer in his face.
Two members of the unemployed were making the snow fly at the DuPree's with an earnestness which boded ill for their youthful competitors. "Let's try Southern Avenue," said John. "Perhaps there won't be anyone there." No sooner said than done.
Someone over on Sid DuPree's side of the room dropped a book to the floor with a bang. Then Miss Brown shoved back the test papers she had been correcting and glanced at the clock. "Clear the desks," she ordered sharply. "Class prepare for physical culture." They obeyed with alacrity, for the drills were ever a relief from the enforced inactivity of restless little bodies.
Your troubles are all over now. I made a great effort, found the eyes to which the voice belonged, and spoke to them. 'Listen. I stole the collar of Prester John at Dupree's Drift. I was caught in the Berg and taken to the kraal I forget its name but I had hid the rubies. 'Yes, the voice said, 'you hid the rubies, and then? 'Inkulu wanted them back, so I made a deal with him.
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