veld-hogs

Updated: June 12, 2025

Then Pereira's temper gave out, and he became even more abusive than Vrouw Prinsloo. "Is this the way you receive me, you veld-hogs, you common Boers, who are not fit to mix with a man of position and learning like myself?" he began.

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