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Since Vlaakfontein, she has lost her nerve, and her heart is set on my meeting her in London in October." Deliberately Ethel made a neat triangle out of three unused spoons. "Well?" she said, without looking up. "Piggie and I have had a smell of powder," he answered briefly. "We want more." "Well?" she said again. "The question is, are we likely to get it."
From ten feet away, he had heard a ringing order, and the order had been given, not in the voice of his own captain, but in that of Captain Frazer who, as ranking officer, had taken command of the fight into which chance had led him. Weldon's every nerve answered to the tonic of that voice. Not since Vlaakfontein had he been under its command.
"Oh, then I must have mixed things up," Ethel replied, as she turned to face her cousin. "Probably Captain Frazer told me." "Captain Frazer?" "Yes, he came down to Cape Town, just before I left there. I remember now, he was the one who told me. He was near Mr. Weldon at Vlaakfontein; he knew all about his awful ride into Krugersdorp, and I believe he did say he was to be brought here."
He was hit four or five times before Vlaakfontein, and has had one scratch since." "What is the trouble? Is he foolhardy?" "Foolhardy in war, Miss Dent?" "Yes, just that. There is no sense in taking needless risks." "But it is mighty hard to draw the line between avoiding needless risks and funking necessary ones," he answered. "But Carew isn't reckless.
Also quite enthusiastic over his troopers and the work they did at Vlaakfontein." "Were many " She understood. "Not very many; but several were wounded. Worst of all, one or two of the wounded ones were shot by the Boers. Mr. Carew told me that he left a dozen of your men in the hospital at Krugersdorp." "Carew? Have you seen him, too, Miss Dent?" "Didn't you know he was here?"
In open order, a thousand men dashed forward and reached the ridge, only to see the retiring foe galloping away in all directions across the open veldt. A halt was ordered, to rest the winded mounts. Pickets were thrown out on front and flank, while the British awaited their approaching convoy. That night, the column rested upon the veldt at Vlaakfontein.
He had supposed so, too, until all at once he had found it impossible to turn his back upon Cape Town and all it held. Deep down in his heart was the memory of Carew's words, assuring him of the reason of Ethel's sudden journey to Johannesburg after the fight at Vlaakfontein. The episode was now far away in the past.
She told me then about Miss Dent's dashing up to Johannesburg after Vlaakfontein." "She went to see her cousin." "She also went to see you." Carew's emphatic pause was broken by the coming of the nurse, who bent over the bed, raising her brows inquiringly, as she laid two fingers on Weldon's wrist. Carew took the obvious hint. "I hope I've not stopped too long," he said, as he rose.
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