Well, one bullet should be enough for
one savage: the question was should he stop and use it now? No, he might
miss or fail to kill the man; he was on horseback and his foe on foot,
surely he could tire him out.
A while passed, and they dashed through a little stream. It seemed
familiar to Hadden. Yes, that was the pool where he used to bathe when
he was the guest of Umgona, the father of Nanea; and there on the knoll
to his right were the huts, or rather the remains of them, for they
had been burnt with fire. What chance had brought him to this place, he
wondered; then again he looked behind him at Nahoon, who seemed to read
his thoughts, for he shook his spear and pointed to the ruined kraal.
On he went at speed for here the land was level, and to his joy he lost
sight of his pursuer. But presently there came a mile of rocky ground,
and when it was past, glancing back he saw that Nahoon was once more in
his old place. His horse's strength was almost spent, but Hadden spurred
it forward blindly, whither he knew not.
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