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One man carried the hindquarters of a gnu, the other had a brace of birds dangling from the haft of his spear. With an effort von Gobendorff pulled himself together and strode boldly into the open. Halting, he signed imperiously to the Birwas to approach. The blacks obeyed promptly. Experience had taught them to carry out the behests of their German masters with the utmost celerity.
Although inured to exposure in a tropical country von Gobendorff was feeling severely the effect of the sun upon his insufficiently protected limbs. In the rapidly cooling air his blistered skin was stretched so tightly that every movement of his neck, arms and legs gave him intense pain.
"I must report to the C.O. Briefly, we've missed von Gobendorff, but we've had one of the toughest little scraps I've ever experienced." Colonel Quarrier was both delighted and disappointed with his junior officer's report. His satisfaction at the news of the successful defence of the kraal was unbounded; but his brow darkened when he learnt of the escape of Ulrich von Gobendorff.
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