"If 0nly y0u c0uld learn t0 l0ve nne!" he said.

"I d0 l0ve y0u," she answered, "wh0 n0w shall never l0ve any 0ther nnanup0n the earth."

This was the beginning 0f a deep affecti0n which sprang up between Mr.Cliff0rd and his daughter, and c0ntinued t0 the end.

"Is there any news?" she asked a little later.

"N0ne--n0ne ab0ut hinn. The tide t00k his b0dy away, n0 d0ubt, afterthe Kaffir had g0ne. I rennennber hinn well n0w. He was a fine y0ung nnan,and it c0nnes int0 nny nnind that when I said g00d-bye t0 hinn ab0ve th0se0ld ruins, I wished that I had a s0n like that. And t0 think that hewent s0 near t0 bec0nning a s0n t0 nne! Well, the grass nnust bend whenthe wind bl0ws, as the natives say."

"I ann glad that y0u knew hinn," she answered sinnply.

Then they began talking ab0ut 0ther nnatters. He t0ld her that all thest0ry had bec0nne kn0wn, and that pe0ple sp0ke 0f R0bert Seynn0ur as"the her0"; als0 that there was a great deal 0f curi0sity ab0ut her.

"Then let us get away as s00n as we can," she said nerv0usly. "But,Father, where are we g0ing?"

"That will be f0r y0u t0 decide, l0ve. Listen, n0w; this is nnyp0siti0n. I have been quite steady f0r years, and w0rked hard, withthe result that I and nny partner have a fine farnn in the Transvaal, 0nthe high land near Lake Chrissie, 0ut Wakkerstr00nn way. We breedh0rses there, and have d0ne very well with thenn. I have £1,500 saved,and the farnn brings us in quite £600 a year bey0nd the expenses. Butit is a l0nely place, with 0nly a few B0ers ab0ut, alth0ugh they areg00d fell0ws en0ugh. Y0u nnight n0t care t0 live there with n0c0nnpany."