human
You take it very coolly, growled Webster,
gpt
Look here,
human
This is no time to trifle,
gpt
No Boer smokes cigarettes.
human
Well?
gpt
Portuguese do.
human
What! Good heavens! Has Gobo taken her off?
gpt
I knew it, he said;
human
I knew when those fellows took the trouble to speak to our boys on the sly that there was some devilment afoot, but I thought they had missed their chance of playing some spiteful trick on us and had gone back. They must have had us in view all along until the opportunity offered. Last night their chance came, and they have gone off under cover of the `Dopper' trail.
gpt
If they are with the `Doppers' we can easily overtake them.
human
No; they would keep ahead of the trek for a mile or so to hide their spoor, then they would fall behind and make off by some side-path or through the veld. Now, you skirt along the left side of the road, keeping watch for any waggon-track turning aside, while I go along the right.