"
"How did they manage to become so expert?"
"By continued practice. I used to walk up the path over and over again,
and let them throw the thong over me. Then the woman was always there
with the club, so that, if one of the thongs missed, she was ready to
strike. I, also, was usually ready to help, in case of necessity."
"Why did you think it necessary to take the cartridges out of my
revolver?"
"Because I feared you from the first, and were it not that he"--baring
his teeth and glancing at Langley, who shuddered--"looked so nice, and
that we wanted fresh meat so badly, I would not have risked bringing
you. But it would have been all right if I had only let your revolver
alone."
"You say Umhlonhlo has brought you plenty of food; did you ever get any
one besides ourselves and the other two policemen to come up here by
telling them that story?"
"Yes, two others--one a man who was searching for gold on the Free State
side of the mountains, and the other a trader whom I met at Maseru. But
these each came alone."
"I see the buckle of a woman's belt in there.
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