He jumped forward, the knifeheld low in front of him, but Schreuder flicked his own blade acrossthe inner side of Sl As the boat drew alongsideshe lifted the cloth from her head and Hal saw the glorious dark crownof her hair. He stood up, took Hal's hand andraised him to his feet. I am an Englishman, as you are.
There was no need to ask of his wound for the whole of his left sideran red with blood. The leopards sawed and coughed in the thickets,and often he startled unseen herds of antelope, whose hoofs drummedthrough the night. He climbed to the lower slopes of the mountain and left the bundledskin in a narrow crevice in the rock cliff. The culver ins enfiladed the group, and each was loadedwith a full charge of grape shot.
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